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 at a time when World War II was
looming; when secrets led to 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 nears
death 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. The High Tide Club is
Mary Kay Andrews at her Queen of the Beach Reads best, a compelling and witty
tale of romance thwarted, friendships renewed, justice delivered and true love
found.
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About
the author:
A native of St. Petersburg, Florida,
she received a B.A. in journalism from The University of Georgia and was a
newspaper reporter for 14 years. The last ten years of her career were spent as
a features reporter for The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution.
She is married to her high school
sweetheart, Tom Trocheck, with whom she has a 40-year (and counting)
collaboration yielding two grown children, two adorable grandchildren and
countless memorable kitchen experiences.
After a 14-year career working as a reporter at newspapers
including The Savannah Morning News, The Marietta Journal and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, where she spent the
final ten years of her career, she left journalism in 1991 to write fiction.
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