Overview
A Publishers Weekly Bestseller
Named one of Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books of 2023
When 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.
“Reef Road 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.” —Luanne Rice, New York Timesbestselling author
A 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.
In a nod to the true crime that inspired it, Deborah Goodrich Royce’s Reef Road 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.
Review
Two young boys discover a severed hand on the beach. Neither one quite know what to do. But, this hand turns lives upside down and inside out!
Talk about lies, secrets and forbidden love! This story is full of these transgressions. As a reader, you do not know who to believe.
Deborah Goodrich Royce has some beautiful prose in this tale. She resonates so well with the reader in places. However, this story is also a bit scattered. It just does not gel well, especially at the end.
I really enjoyed this author’s other book, Finding Mrs. Ford. Y’all check that one out as well! Both of these books have great qualities!
Need a unique tale of secrets…THIS IS IT! Grab your copy today.
I received this novel from the author for a honest review.
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