The High Tide Club from Mary Kay Andrews (aka Kathy Hogan Trocheck, writer of the Callahan Garrity mysteries) is a fascinating blend of mystery, romance, friendship, and history woven into a tale about female friendship. Brooke Trappnell does not have an easy life. A struggling lawyer and single mother of a young son, she’s intrigued when a wealthy landowner
named Josephine Warrick asks
for her expertise. Elderly
 Josephine is spending her final
 days in her mansion on a Georgia barrier island and wants to
 make amends with her oldest 
friends before she dies—by giving
 their descendants shares in a
 trust fund.

As a teenager, Josephine was
 a member of the High Tide
 Club, a group of girls who met 
at high tide to skinny-dip. Aside 
from prickly Josephine, there 
was spunky Ruth, sweet and gentle Millie, and Varina, the “little sister” of the group. When Brooke tracks down their descendants and convinces them to meet Josephine, long-buried secrets between the friends and an unsolved murder are exposed. These include land-ownership disputes, questions about adoption and paternity, and the mysterious disappearance of Millie’s fiancé decades ago.

When Josephine dies, it’s left to Brooke and her new friends—Varina’s niece Felicia, and Ruth’s granddaughter Lizzie—to unravel the secrets between the four friends. The High Tide Club goes back and forth between the present day and flashbacks from the 1940s, from Brooke’s struggle to raise her son in a busy world to the lives and memories of the club members from a time long past.

Andrews skillfully contrasts deception, betrayal, and murder with the scenic beauty of her Southern setting. Readers will enjoy the many twists and turns the novel takes as it moves toward its surprising and heartwarming conclusion. Ultimately a tale about redemption and enduring friendship, The High Tide Club links mysteries from the past and present to create a compelling story.