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Reef Road : a novel / Deborah Goodrich Royce.
When a severed hand washes ashore in the wealthy enclave of Palm Beach, Florida, the lives of two women--a lonely writer obsessed with the unsolved murder of her mother's best friend and a panicked wife whose husband has disappeared with their children--collide as the world shutters in the pandemic lockdown of 2020. A young woman's life seems perfect until her family goes missing. A writer lives alone with her dog and collects arcane murder statistics. What each of them stands to lose as they sneak around the do-not-enter tape blocking Reef Road beach is exposed by the steady tightening of the cincture encircling them.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781637584965 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 303 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York, NY : Post Hill Press, [2023]
- Copyright: ©2023
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| Genre: | Thrillers (Fiction) Psychological fiction. Novels. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Cookstown Branch | FIC Royce | 31681010307023 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
"When a severed hand washes ashore in the wealthy enclave of Palm Beach, Florida, the lives of two women--a lonely writer obsessed with the unsolved murder of her mother's best friend and a panicked wife whose husband has disappeared with their children--collide as the world shutters in the pandemic lockdown of 2020"-- - Simon and Schuster
A Publishers Weekly Bestseller
Named one of Kirkus Reviewsâ Best Books of 2023
When a severed hand washes ashore in the wealthy enclave of Palm Beach, Florida, the lives of two womenâa lonely writer obsessed with the unsolved murder of her motherâs best friend and a panicked wife whose husband has disappeared with their childrenâcollide as the world shutters in the pandemic lockdown of 2020.
âReef Road is magnificent. It feels utterly real, a novel of deeply personal context. It swerves between truth and liesâthe lies that lead to an even deeperâand more devastatingâtruth. Though pure fiction, it reads as compellingly as a mixture of memoir and exposé. It has left me shaken to the core. Deborah Goodrich Royce writes with brilliant understanding of the mystery and occasional grace of trauma.â âLuanne Rice, New York Times bestselling author
A young womanâs life seems perfect until her family goes missing. A writer lives alone with her dog and collects arcane murder statistics. What each of them stands to lose as they sneak around the do-not-enter tape blocking Reef Road beach is exposed by the steady tightening of the cincture encircling them.
In a nod to the true crime that inspired it, Deborah Goodrich Royceâs Reef Road probes unhealed generational scars in a wrenching and original work of fiction. It is both stunning and sexy and, like a bystander surprised by a curtain left open, you wonât be able to look away.
