Dead Low Tide

Inthis long-awaited sequel to The Hunt Club, set in the swampy SouthCarolina Lowcountry, New York Times bestselling author Bret Lott returnswith a literary page-turner about murder and family secrets. Though Dead LowTide continues the story of Huger Dillard, this haunting work of fictionbrilliantly stands on its own. No longer a teenager and now a young man, Hugermust come to terms with and confront the truth about his community, his past,and the mysterious place he calls home.

Whilemost of the residents in the wealthy, historic Charleston enclave of LandgraveHall are asleep at two-thirty in the morning, Huger Dillard and his father,"Unc," are heading, via jonboat, to the adjoining golf course. Blinded by aterrible accident that killed his wife, Unc prefers to practice his golf gamewhen no one is watching. But before anyone can even tee off, Huger makes agrisly find: a woman's body, anchored deep in the mud at the water's low tide.

Thediscovery sets off a chain of events that puts Huger and his family up againstsecret military forces, old friends, longtime neighbors, lost loves, andshadowy global networks. The only thing connecting them all is LandgraveHall-and the treacherous reason why this area is so important to so manypeople.

Bret Lottis the author of the novels A Song I Knew by Heart, Jewel (an Oprah'sBook Club selection), The Hunt Club, Reed's Beach, A Stranger's House,and The Man Who Owned Vermont; and the story collections A Dream ofOld Leaves, How to Get Home, and The Difference Between Women and Men;the memoir Fathers, Sons, and Brothers; and the writing guide BeforeWe Get Started. Named editor of The Southern Review in 2004, BretLott lives with his wife in Charleston, South Carolina.

Advancepraise for Dead Low Tide

"Thebest book Bret Lott has ever written-by far. He creates a Charleston that hasnever been written about in the history of that remarkable city. It is aliterary thriller of the highest order-like something John Le Carré wouldwrite. I couldn't put it down."-Pat Conroy, author of South of Broad

"DeadLow Tide should be retitled High Water Mark. Bret Lott is acombination of James Lee Burke and Elmore Leonard but with the grace and poiseof Pat Conroy. Not a word is out of place. Reading this book is like listeningto good music-as you reach the end, you want to start all over again. DeadLow Tide has made me a Bret Lott lifer. I'm going back and readingeverything he's written, and I'll be first in line when the next comes out."-RidleyPearson, author of In Harm's Way

"BretLott has done it again: linked a small family drama to a matter of nationalimportance. Though he tells his tale, as always, with a lyric sweetness,terror-both private and public-is the subject here."-Nicholas Delbanco,author of Lastingness: The Art of Old Age

"Thisliterary thriller of the first order grippingly deals with current events whilerevealing the secrets, ambitions, loves, and fears of a family that readersgrow to cherish."--Library Journal

Praisefor Bret Lott's The Hunt Club

"Iturned the pages so insistently that, had there been pictures on the pagesinstead of print, it would have made a movie. It's that suspenseful."-WallyLamb

"Anerve-jangling thriller."-Boston Sunday Globe