LOVED THIS BOOK!!! I have always been a fan of Mary Kay Andrews and this one did not disappoint! I've already ordered copies for my sister and bff!

A huge thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for a copy in exchange for an honest review!

Teenagers Varina, Ruth, Millie, and Josephine form The High Tide Club in the late 1930’s on a private Georgia Coastal Island. In 1941, the young ladies bury a dead man. They all make a pact to never discuss it with others and keep the dead man’s grave a secret.

Brooke Trappnell was working for a well-known law firm and was supposed to have the wedding of the year in Savannah. She decided it was not for her and left it all behind. She is now a single mom to a three year old son and has her own law office in a small Georgia town. Brooke has a high school senior who works as her secretary and babysitter.

One afternoon in May, Brooke gets a phone call from 99 year old Josephine Bettendorf who wants to see her on her private island. Josephine tells her that she wants to hire Brooke to protect her family island from local officials who want to buy it out. She also wants her to locate the members of The High Tide Club or at least their family members. Brooks is shocked that her grandmother is one of the members. 

Brooke soon locates the one remaining living member of The High Tide Club and their family members. They all go to the island. They are soon not only trying to find out the secrets of their relatives but also an unexpected death.

High Tide Club is the last book by Mary Kay Andrews. Brooke’s earlier story was told in MKA’s book, Save the Date. The pov flip flops from present day told by Brooke and in the 40’s by Josephine. High Tide Club has a little of everything: mystery, romance, history, etc. It almost makes me want to go to a Georgia coastal island. I found this book was much better than her previous books. Fun, light read.. Four stars

Brooke Trappnell is scraping by as a lawyer and single parent of charming, 3-year old Henry when she is summoned to Shellhaven by the reclusive heiress Josephine Bettendorf Warrick to her vast barrier island enclave complete with decaying grand mansion.  The 99 year old is dying and wants to make peace with her long-estranged friends, four members of the High Tide Club formed by young women in the 1940s.  Intrigued, Brooke accepts the challenge and finds herself embroiled in long-standing resentments, betrayals, secrets, and murder that threaten to wreak havoc on the present.  
   Ms. Andrews is a terrific storyteller, drawing characters and settings together with the deft, sure hands of an accomplished writer.  The story line is complex, nuanced, fascinating with twists and suspense, the ache of long-held secrets and present threats to a way of life, tradition, the environment.  Andrews never pulls a punch, never resolves, but rather leaves it to the reader to hurtle through the story and draw their own conclusions and enjoy a rollicking good read.

I am a huge fan of Mary Kay Andrews and her latest book was the perfect book to read to start my summer off on a high note.  This one focuses less on the romance and more on a mystery which was a nice change from books I have read by her in the past.

I usually enjoy Andrews’s books, but this one wasn’t my favorite. While I like the concept of the new and the old with a secret for both, I didn’t love the way the story was told. It wasn’t as fun as I’ve come to love from Andrews’s books.

I struggled with this one for a while because it was a lot slower pace than I am used to but it did pick up the further in I got.  An old woman invites a young, struggling attorney to her manor on an island to help fulfill her last wishes of leaving things to her nearest and dearest friends with whom she's estranged.  Flashing back from the 1940s to the present we learn of all that Josephine and her friends went through and the many secrets they have held on to for decades.  There was quite a vast array of characters but each played an important role.

I love  Mary Kay Andrews in general, but I must say this might be my favorite. I love the plot twists and turns - the relationships that develop and that are uncovered in this story. It is not her typical summer read, but it has the taste of summer. I love the suspense and mystery. MKA just gets better with each book she writes!

Anchoring my haul is the highly anticipated The High Tide Club (St. Martin's Press, paperback ARC) by Mary Kay Andrews, who when she isn't wearing her beach book hat is my pal Kathy Trocheck. I've gotten used to her breezy novels (Savannah Blues, Beach Town) welcoming summer, but last year she skipped writing a novel to produce The Beach House Cookbook, full of scrumptious recipes. But now she's back, offering a substantive feast of a novel spiced with intrigue, secrets, drama and romance. It's scrumptious, too.

Readers of Save the Date may remember Brooke Trapnelle as the runaway bride who literally climbed a tree as part of her escape. In The High Tide Club, Brooke moves to the forefront, a single mom lawyer in the Georgia coastal town of St. Ann who is hired by 99-year-old Josephine Bettandorf  Warrick. The eccentric heiress wants Brooke to help her save Talisa, her 20,000-acre island estate with its crumbling pink wedding cake of a mansion, from being taken over by the state and turned into a park. She also needs Brooke to track down the heirs of the three women who were once her best friends -- Ruth, Millie and Varina -- back in 1941. Josephine says she needs to make amends but won't say for what.

By flashing back to 1941 every now and then, Andrews hints at some of the secrets the past is holding, like an unsolved murder and divisions of race and class. But Brooke has a lot on her plate in the present, too, coordinating a reunion among women who have never met, untangling family histories and mysteries, taking care of rambunctious toddler son Henry, all the while trying to do her best for Josephine and Talisa. There's a sudden death, a visit to a Savannah orphanage, a showdown in a lighthouse. You may pick up on some plot twists, and others may take you by surprise. Either way, The High Tide Club is a satisfying saga, just what the summer ordered.

from On a Clear Day I Can Read Forever

Mary Kay Andrews is one of my favorite authors. and  I always look forward to her new book each summer because they are always a great beach read. Yet again, she has written a book I loved. While some would consider her books 'chick lit", this book had a little mystery thrown in. From the first page until the last, I had the hardest time putting down this book. It's a little different from her previous books but in a good way. If you want a good beach read with some mystery included, you need to be sure to pack this one in your suitcase.

I always look forward to read the new Mary Kay Andrews book each summer. This book is set in St. Ann, Georgia and on Talisa Island. I liked the characters and the story that shifts between the current day and the past. There are a few mysteries to be solved that keep the reader guessing and some surprising turns of events. This story was more serious than some of her other books, but is still a good read.

Thank you to Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for providing this ebook in exchange for an honest review. This did not influence my opinion of this book and all opinions expressed are my own.

I really enjoyed this book. It's the first book I've ever read by the author even though I'm familiar with her. I think I always thought her books were a little too fluffy for my taste but I was very wrong! 
This was a great story with interesting characters. A mystery was tied into it all to keep things interesting. 
I loved the setting and descriptions of locations especially more so that I am traveling to that area in the next month. 
This book was a definite page turner and fun to read. I can see I being a great beach read and I will be looking into other books by Mary Kay Andrews.
Thanks to netgalley.com for the ARC.

This book was unlike MKA other books! I felt this had more of a mystery side! Nothing like her other light hearted beach reads

I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for my honest review.

A rundown mansion and estate in the south is the setting for this book.  My interest was captured from the beginning and held through twists and turns and uncovered secrets.

Old money, old secrets and a new love.  This book has everything.

I highly recommend this book.   If I could give this book more than 5 stars, I would.  It is a long one, but it is well worth the time to read it.   Ms. Andrews’s has exceeded all expectations with this book

When Brooke Trapnell is summoned to Josephine Bettendorf’s home on Talisa Island she is immediately puzzled. While Brooke is an attorney, she couldn’t possibly have anything to offer Josephine. Turns out, she wants Brooke to help protect her land and to help her make amends with the girls of The High Tide Club. The High Tide Club was created back in the ’40s when four girls Josephine, Millie, Ruth and Varina came together every full moon to drink and swim together. As she gets together the last living of The High Tide Club and their heirs secrets come out that would’ve gone down with the women and friendships are renewed, justice is delivered, and love is found. Mary Kay Andrews has always been synonymous with beach reads, so I was happy to see a new one from her! As I began reading it seemed vaguely similar to The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and The Identicals, both of which I enjoyed! While this is a “beach read” it definitely dives a little deeper than you’re typical feel good read. Nonetheless, I LOVED it and the direction it took.

The High Tide Club, by Mary Kay Andrews  is a little bit different than a typical Mary Kay Andrews book. It is more of a mystery. Ninety nine year old heiress, Josephine Bettendorf Warrick is dying and she wants to make things right with her three girlhood best friends and/or their descendants. She summons lawyer, Brooke Trapnell so she can update her will, but when she dies before doing so, it is up to Brooke to bring together Josephine's only living girlhood friend and the descendants of the others including herself to solve a mystery and carry out Josephine's legacy. This book has plenty of intrigue including a decades old unsolved murder and a child mysteriously whisked away to an orphanage at birth. However, it also has plenty of Andrew's customary romance. In fact, there is so much going on in this book that it will keep you turning pages and you will not be able to put it down until you have read the whole thing.

It isn't officially summer for me until I read the latest book by Mary Kay Andrews! The High Tide Club was well worth the wait and is one of her best.  There was a great balance of strong female characters that are strong and independent but still in need of friendships with each other. I really enjoyed the flashback chapters with Josephine, Millie, Ruth, and Varina. I wish I could have read more about the four of them! There is a major mystery here that had quite a satisfying end. If you are a fan of Mary Kay Andrews you are going to love The High Tide Club!

Thank you to NetGalley for a digital copy of this book. All opinions are my own.

Although this book was released earlier in the month, I saved it for my first camping/beach weekend of the season. (Unfortunately I didn’t end up making it to the author’s reading, not that far from where I was staying, as I ended up at the beach itself that day instead.) 

Mary Kay Andrews is an author where you know exactly what you’re getting — a Southern coastal chick lit story — and even though with most authors, one might consider it formulaic, it somehow just works. 

This is not my favorite of hers — I felt like it went too far in the convoluted family history/mystery direction and didn’t spend enough time on the romance and character development. I don’t feel like I got to know Brooke all that well, and some of the characters were a little cookie-cutter for my taste. But it was a good story with a good resolution, and it fit the bill for the holiday weekend of reading and relaxation. 

I received an advance copy of this book from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

Seems every book I've read that's been placed in the South has a huge mansion on an island type with virtual no signal for cell phones.  AND I LOVE IT! The author takes us from the early 1940s to present day as we get to know the ladies back then, to the offspring now.  A story within a story and both just delightful to read.

The history of the island, the people that occupied it, the way the world was then as compared to now... we get it all - including the drama and secrets that are kept in both.  The High Tide Club was formed by four close friends who are utterly different but bound by their friendship and their loyalty to each other.  While they may have gone their separate ways, it's Josephine, and her impending death, that brings their successors together.  Oh the secrets to be let out.  Some obvious, some not so.  And while Brooke, the lawyer on the case specifically asked for by Josephine, her mother and a gaggle of other women come to the island, there are secrets of their own to be meted out.

Honestly, this was a fantastic read.  It's definitely not all sunshine and rainbows, but what fun would it be if that was ALL there was to it?  I love the way the author really shows the spunkiness of the older women.  They have LIVED, kept their secrets, have learned what is truly important in life and won't back down.  The younger generation wants what is best for them... but end up learning that what they think is correct may not actually be.  We all have lessons to learn, at any age - and this story brings this to light. 

I guessed the main twist long before it was revealed but let me tell you... even as the biggest twist of the story to really bring things together, there are many little twists along the way that will leave you surprised.  I loved all the characters in their own right... well, among the women anyways 😉.

A fantastic read for those who love secrets, betrayals, sassiness, history and love in all ways.

Thank you NetGalley for an ARC. I give this 3.5 Stars. Three for first half and four for second half. It just felt a little slow in the first half and I had a hard time getting engaged with many of the characters but in the second half lots of twists and turns I didn’t see coming (except one) finally moved the story and kept it Intersting. One quibble, that I have with quite few 3ish star reads, the authors go way over board with descriptions of clothing, place and more. It’s boring. I start to skim and don’t miss much. I’d say this is a good summer women’s read with a little mystery and thriller thrown in.

The High  Tide Club by Mary Kay Andrews is a fun beach read book.   There is lot of interesting and quirky characters that each have their own story lines that tie together in the end.  There is a little bit of everything in this mystery romance  book. 

I received this book in exchange for a fair and honest review.