My heart literally started racing when I saw Mary Kay Andrews had a new book coming out, and this book definitely did not disappoint.

I felt like I was riding a roller coaster while reading this book. The beginning of the book started off a little bit slow, but once I got to the middle it was like a race to get to the end because I NEEDED to know what happened. Every time I thought I knew where Andrews was going, a twist came and made the ride through the book even more exciting than anticipated.

I would recommend this book to anyone that loves cross over between mystery and chick lit!!

The High Tide Club by Mary Kay Andrews is an atmospheric mystery set on a southern barrier island. There is so much to love about this book; the mysterious terminally ill socialite, the fantasy of inheriting a crumbling old mansion from a stranger, the women who meet as strangers but become sisters, the descriptions of the moss draped Georgia island with secret beach, and hidden bodies. This is a great beach read that will keep you reading until the end. I received an ARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. I always enjoy a Mary Kay Andrews book, this was no exception.

The High Tide Club – Mary Kay Andrews

Josephine Bettendorf Warrick is an old reclusive heiress who resides in her pink mansion on the family owned island of Talisa, off the Georgia mainland. Home to her family for generations, the 99 year old Josephine is determined to see that the island falls into the rightful hands of her descendants, and not the state of Georgia, which wants the island to create a state park. Seemingly out of the blue, she contacts local attorney Brooke Trappnell to assist her in this endeavor.

The book vacillates between past and present – and the reader is introduced to ‘The High Tide Club’, a small group of girls who became fast friends in the early 1940’s, and together have kept a secret for their entire lives. Estranged over the years, Josephine asks Brooke to summon the women, or their descendants, to the island, so that she can make amends, as Josephine wants to deed her island to them.

But, before the will is signed, Josephine is found dead, and the makings of a legal battle appear to develop, as distant relatives appear and attempt to make a claim. But Brooke and the group of women she’s assembled research the past, and make some startling discoveries about Josephine, her friends and the events of 1941 which created an unbreakable bond for these four women…

This was a very enjoyable read, with the story being told in both past and present times, and the reader only learns of the challenges, sacrifices and heartache the women faced as the novel culminates with some twists you won’t see coming! A great rainy day read!

Mary Kay Andrews' latest is her best book yet. Every spring I eagerly await her newest release since it kicks off my summer reading list. This year I scored an ARC through NetGalley and savored the read. The High Tide Club is fantastic! It's riddled with secrets, flashbacks to World War II, and lots of colorful characters. One of the best parts is the hijacked RV story. Don't miss out on this one!

Winter seems to be lingering in many parts of the country (including here in Northern California), so it felt like a good time to escape to the beach—via fiction. Mary Kay Andrews has been called “queen of the beach reads,” and her new book, The High Tide Club, will be published in May, just in time for summer vacation, and you couldn’t ask for a better book to put in your beach bag.

At almost 500 pages, the novel is hefty enough to last a while, and though it’s stuffed with plot—family secrets! Murder! Mysterious strangers! Shocking revelations!—it’s all presented in an easy, breezy way, with lots of short chapters and surprising twists sprinkled throughout the book.

Our heroine is Brooke Trappnell, lawyer and single mom of a three-year-old. She practices law in the small town in Georgia, dealing mainly with petty criminals, DUIs and divorces. So she’s surprised when 99-year-old Josephine Warrick, an eccentric millionaire living in a crumbling mansion on a barrier island, says she wants to hire her. Josephine already has a team of high-powered Atlanta lawyers, but she wants Brooke to try to prevent the state from taking her property in order to make it into public land. She has no heirs and is dying of lung cancer, so time is of the essence.

It turns out that Josephine also wants Brooke to track down her three best friends from the 1930s and 40s (or, more likely considering how long ago that was, their heirs). The quartet called themselves the High Tide Club, and Josephine says she needs to “make amends” to the other three women. When Brooke discovers that one of the High Tide Club members was her own late grandmother, she brings in another lawyer, Gabe Wynant, the senior partner in a prestigious Savannah law firm whom Brooke worked with early in her career, to avoid a conflict of interest. A recent widower, Gabe is a couple decades older than Brooke, but as they work together again, an attraction begins to develop.

“Sometimes the people we think we know the best are the ones with secrets we can’t even fathom,” Brooke’s mom tells her at one point. That’s certainly true of the characters in this book, but by the end, of course, mysteries old and new have been resolved. This is an incredibly fun novel with characters that will feel like old friends by the time you turn the final page.

This book took me a bit to get into but I’m glad I stuck with it. It had a little bit of everything: mystery, romance, friendship, and well-developed characters that could still surprise you.

I really loved this book and this is a first considering i didn't know what her style was like. There was laughter. romance, mystery and friendship all in one single book and i LOVED it, i wish i could give it ten stars so well done.
There were a lot of beliefs and traditions where the story was set and i couldn't put the book down. Once i got through a chapter i was flicking to the next...
Her style is amazing and i loved the characters.

I so love this author’s books. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced copy of this book. The mystery kept me intrigued, and the diverse group of women who become friends all have their own stories...and secrets...to share.

The High Tide Club was the perfect companion for a snowy day. I devoured it. Filled with secrets, mystery and even a touch of romance. It is the perfect “chick lit”book. I loved the setting and character, and felt as if I was part of the story. Thank you Net Galley for my ARC.

It wouldn't be summer without a Mary Kay Andrews beach read. The story about a group of girlfriends from the 1940's is told alongside a story from the present day. The High Tide Club has a mystery, a little romance and mostly a great story about female friendship. This book is a great summer read.
Thanks to NetGalley for a copy to review.

What a riveting story and so many twists and turns. Hard to put down. I highly recommend

This was my first book by Mary Kay Andrews and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. It was the perfect blend of friendships, secrets, mystery, and romance. Mary Kay Andrews does a great job painting a picture for you while reading her novel. I felt like I was immersed in the story the whole time. This is a perfect beach read. I’ll definitely read more by this author.

“It’s easier to walk around with love in your heart than with hate.” -Varina

Mary Kay Andrews’s The High Tide Club is a perfect beach read filled with mystery, romance, friendship, and humor.

The story jumps back and forth between the 1940s and present day. In the 1940s, we meet best friends Josephine, Ruth, Millie, and Varina, the girls of the High Tide Club. In the present, only Josephine and Varina are still living, and 99 year old Josephine enlists the help of struggling lawyer Brooke to get her estate in order. Her estate happens to be a wild and beautiful barrier island off the coast of Georgia, and Brooke is tasked with bringing the surviving family members of the High Tide Club together on the island so Josephine can make amends for unknown transgressions. Mysteries from the past and the present intermingle, romance blossoms, lives are endangered, and the most unlikely friendships form.

The Deep South setting of The High Tide Club is beautiful and allows Mary Kay Andrews to fill the book with local color. The reader is transported to the humid, muggy, insect-filled beauty of South Georgia through the language, food, and local landmarks.

My favorite parts of The High Tide Club revolve around the unlikely friendships formed. Lizzie, Marie, and Felicia join Brooke, Josephine, and Varina on the island as descendants of the High Tide Club girls, and despite different family situations and geographical backgrounds, they overcome their differences and set aside assumptions to forge great friendships. These friendships carry them through sad circumstances and hard revelations. While the story is ultimately about solving a mystery or two, the development of these characters, the humor they share, and the fierceness of their personalities are this book’s real treasures.

This book kept me entertained the whole way through. Thank you to St. Martin's Press and Netgalley for an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

The High Tide Club by MaryKay Andrews is a good read. It goes back and forth a lot between the last and present moments. This switching sort of lost me on what was happening. I felt bad for the characters. I didn't enjoy this book as much as I had hoped. Usually, I love the characters that I meet. Here, I felt sorry for them but didn't really care that much. The thing she that happened in the past shouldn't happen to any young girls. But it did. The story was sad, intense, and heartbreaking. Themes of friendship, loyalty, and consequences are found inside this book. A group of girls keep a secret and it costs them in the process. Now, years later, most of them are dead but their children live on...it's up to the last remaining friend to set things right. Secrets come out and so do the tears.

Oh, how I loved this book! The story flowed beautifully, there were several surprises, the characters were colorful and interesting and I just wanted to be there! Josephine is 99, an eccentric millionairess who lives in a mansion on Talisa Island. She hires Brooke to find her four friends who formed the HIgh Tide Club. The club was so named as the girls would skinny-dip once a month on the island. Josephine wishes to bequeath her wealth and estate to them and wants to make amends for past betrayals. She has not seen these friends for some time. Brooke is a lawyer and a single mother with her own issues. The story was captivating!

Brooke is summoned to Talisa Island by Josephine Bettendorf, the elderly heiress whose family owns most of the island. All Josephine will say is that she needs help with a legal matter, and while Brooke is a lawyer, she knows that the Bettendorfs are clients of a large, much more prestigious law firm. She tells Brooke a story of old friendships, secrets and more, and asks Brooke to help protect her legacy from those who want her land and to make amends to the families of her long-ago best friends.

Mary Kay Andrews is one of my favorite authors, and it doesn't seem like summer is right around the corner without a new southern adventure to enjoy, and this book lived up to my expectations. At first, it was a little hard to follow the timeline, bouncing back and forth between the past and the present day, until I remembered to pay attention to the dates at the beginning of the chapters :) I would love to visit, to enjoy the peace and quiet of Talisa Island, and Miss Josephine sounds like someone I'd love to spend time with. The stories she must have to tell, other than those included in this book, would probably entertain a receptive audience for hours on end. I look forward to reading more fun, summer books by this author.

The High Tide Club by Mary Kay Andrews another winner in a long line of totally enjoyable reads.  I enjoyed all the characters, their personalities shined through.  I enjoyed Varinas take on life. It brings to mind how our thoughts and ideas change the older we get. The settings of Savannah, St. Anne, and Talisa Island were perfect. The only reference missing was my favorite, pluff mud. The book also makes us see the difference in the time we now live and what it was like to live in the 40's. I have no doubt The High Tide Club will be on everyones spring reading list. Thank you to the Net Galley team at St. Martins Press.

Excellent for summer reading. Ther is enough humor, drama and shady characters that made this book a page turner. Ancestors of a group of woman meet the wealthy one who is ill and wants to make amends before her death. Lots of twists.....

Fascinating, complex tale weaving past to present, intertwining female generations of four families through triumphs and tragedies that explore multiple issues in-depth in a page-turning way using a range of heart-gripping emotions.

A perfect combination of depth of characters, laughter, sadness and a wonderful writing style that had me wanting more! Chock full of facts, love and relationships that transcend generations this was a most enjoying and hard to put down read that was engrossing from the first page. I just loved the book and thank you for the opportunity to have read this title prior to publication.