The High Tide Club by Mary Kay Andrews
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I have long been a fan of Mary Kay Andrews and I was excited to read this book. While it was very different from her previous books, I absolutely loved it.
The story is twofold; one storyline in the present day and one from 1941 giving the backstory of the girls of the High Tide Club. The High Tide Club was formed when the four girls were younger and consisted of Josephine, Millie, Ruth and Varina. In the current day, only Varina and Josephine are still alive and Josephine is on her deathbed and hopes to make things right between herself and her friends or their heirs.
Josephine has a large home on a private island off the coast of Georgia. The state wants to take it away from her to make into a state park. The storylines connect with her hiring of Brooke, Millie’s granddaughter, to be her attorney in the matter. The friends had a falling out over the years but Brooke doesn’t know what it was about and that’s part of the mystery.
I loved the two timelines and how they worked together. I loved the characters and the setting. This is a really good book and I highly recommend it.