First published 2018
Attorney Brooke Trappnell receives an unexpected summons to Talisa Island, where ninety-nine-year-old heiress Josephine Bettendorf Warrick lives alone on her vast barrier island estate. The eccentric millionaire has bypassed her usual Atlanta law firm to hire Brooke for a peculiar mission. Josephine reveals decades-old secrets about her closest friends from youth, three women known as The High Tide Club for their wild swimming adventures. She speaks of betrayals, hidden truths, and an unsolved murder that has haunted her for decades. Josephine wants Brooke to accomplish two tasks: safeguard her island from developers and reunite the descendants of her long-dead friends Millie, Ruth, and Varina. When Josephine dies before revealing all her secrets, Brooke must track down the heirs of these women and bring them to Talisa Island. These strangers will meet for the first time to uncover their grandmothers' shared history. As Brooke navigates family secrets and old wounds, she discovers that some friendships can bridge generations and that justice sometimes arrives decades late.
Genres: mystery, contemporary, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: found-family, secrets
Setting: Talisa Island
Period: 20th-century
470 pages · Hardcover · St. Martin's Press