The Sea of Lost Girls: A Novel

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Winner of the Mary Higgins Clark Award

In the tradition of Daphne du Maurier, Shari Lapena, and Michelle Richmond comes a new thriller from the bestselling author ofThe Lake of Dead Languagesa twisty, harrowing story set at a prestigious prep school in which one womans carefully hidden past might destroy her future.

Tess has worked hard to keep her past buried, where it belongs. Now shes the wife to a respected professor at an elite boarding school, where she also teaches. Her seventeen-year-old son, Rudy, whose dark moods and complicated behavior shes long worried about, seems to be thriving: he has a lead role in the school play and a smart and ambitious girlfriend. Tess tries not to think about the mistakes she made eighteen years ago, and mostly, she succeeds.

And then one more morning she gets a text at 2:50 AM: its Rudy, asking for help. When Tess picks him up she finds him drenched and shivering, with a dark stain on his sweatshirt. Four hours later, Tess gets a phone call from the Haywood school headmistress: Lila Zeller, Rudys girlfriend, has been found dead on the beach, not far from where Tess found Rudy just hours before.

As the investigation into Lilas death escalates, Tess finds her family attacked on all sides. What first seemed like a tragic accidental death is turning into something far more sinister, and not only is Tesss son a suspect but her husband is a person of interest too. But Lilas death isnt the first blemish on Haywoods record, and the more Tess learns about Haywoods fabled history, the more she realizes that not all skeletons will stay safely locked in the closet.

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"Carol Goodman is a superb writer, and she explores family and small-town dynamics in a way that's both suspenseful and touchingly real. THE SEA OF LOST GIRLS features a fascinating cast of characters, intriguing setting -- and enough shocking twists to leave you breathless. I loved it." Alison Gaylin, Edgar Award-winning author of Never Look Back Another strong, well-plotted suspense novel from Goodman,this is recommended for psychological suspense collections. Library Journal

Author Bio

Carol Goodman is the critically acclaimed author of fourteen novels, including The Lake of Dead Languages and The Seduction of Water, which won the 2003 Hammett Prize. Her books have been translated into sixteen languages. She lives in the Hudson Valley with her family, and teaches creative writing at the New School and SUNY New Paltz.