The High Tide Club
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When ninety-nine-year-old heiress Josephine Bettendorf Warrick summons Brooke Trappnell to Talisa Island, her 20,000 acre remote barrier island home, Brooke is puzzled. Everybody in the South has heard about the eccentric millionaire mistress of Talisa, but Brooke has never met her. Josephine's cryptic note says she wants to discuss an important legal matter with Brooke, who is an attorney, but Brooke knows that Mrs. Warrick has long been a client of a prestigious Atlanta law firm.Over a few meetings, the ailing Josephine spins a tale of old friendships, secrets, betrayal and a long-unsolved murder. She tells Brooke she is hiring her for two reasons: to protect her island and legacy from those who would despoil her land, and secondly, to help her make amends with the heirs of the long dead women who were her closest friends, the girls of The High Tide Club - so named because of their youthful skinny dipping escapades - Millie, Ruth and Varina.Even at the end of her life, Josephine seems unwilling or unable to face her past, deliberately evading Brooke's questions. When Josephine dies with her secrets intact, Brooke is charged with contacting Josephine's friends' descendants and bringing them together on Talisa for a reunion of women who've actually never met. What follows is a tale of a romance thwarted, friendships renewed, justice delivered and true love found. It's Mary Kay Andrews at her Queen of the Beach Reads best.
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3 primary books4 released books#2 in Save the Date
Save the Date is a 4-book series with 3 released primary works first released in 2013 with contributions by Cara Connelly and Mary Kay Andrews.
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I started this book for a light, engaging listen and was prepared to forgive the odd gaps in logic, racism, characters that only become less believable, and icky May-December romance. I cannot, however, forgive Andrews for her characterization of the librarian in this book. Librarians are bound by a code of ethics, which includes strict privacy rules. For a librarian to share a patron's reading history, search interests, behavior, and even presence in the library in a gossipy aside with a friend is appalling and insulting. Librarians cannot even share that kind of information with law enforcement without a warrant. Grrrrr.
3.75 rounded up.
This book was different than my regular reading, but the story was engaging and it was a fun read. I did feel like there were maybe a few too many strings weaving together the story, but it was written in a way that was easy to follow and enjoyable.
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