{"product_id":"9781637584965-reef-road","title":"Reef Road","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Novel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003eBestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed one of \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e’ Best Books of 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“\u003ci\u003eReef Road\u003c\/i\u003e is magnificent. It feels utterly real, a novel of deeply personal context. It swerves between truth and lies—the lies that lead to an even deeper—and more devastating—truth. 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.” \u003c\/b\u003e—Luanne Rice, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn a nod to the true crime that inspired it, Deborah Goodrich Royce’s \u003ci\u003eReef Road\u003c\/i\u003e 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 won’t be able to look away.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58401112457590,"sku":"9781637584965","price":16.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_31761161.jpg?v=1785944749","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781637584965-reef-road","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}