Reef Road by Deborah Goodrich Royce audiobook

Reef Road: A Novel

By Deborah Goodrich Royce
Read by Saskia Maarleveld

Blackstone Publishing 9781637584965
8.97 Hours Unabridged
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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. 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.

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Summary

Summary

a Good Morning America Selection of Best Books of the Month

A Publishers Weekly bestseller

A January Indie Next List Pick

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.

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.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“Royce is a wicked good writer…the gears of this clever plot mesh like those of a Swiss watch. A truly absorbing mystery by a writer at the top of her game.” Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Royce keeps the plot twists coming…This is an expertly paced thrill ride.” Publishers Weekly
“Will be appreciated by fans of psychological thrillers and stories of traumas affecting multiple generations.” Library Journal
“[Maarleveld‘s] well-paced narration is vested with an underlying tension that sustains the listener through the slower-paced first half of the audiobook…Maarleveld’s portrayals reveal the cunning and desperation of the more sinister players.” AudioFile
Reef Road is magnificent. It feels utterly real, a novel of deeply personal context…Though pure fiction, it reads as compellingly as a mixture of memoir and exposé.” Luanne Rice, New York Times bestselling author
“Superbly written and elegantly structured…an altogether original novel of suspense. Instantly immersive and deeply felt, Reef Road is both intensely personal and powerfully universal…I could not put it down.” Hank Phillippi Ryan, USA Today bestselling author
“A daunting masterpiece. A plot-driven thriller inspired by a real unsolved murder that you won’t be able to put down. This atmospheric thriller satisfies. A stunningly dark read.” Rea Frey, author of Secrets of Our House
“A thriller of a roller-coaster ride, an elixir of murder, mystery, and mental instability…Unraveling the characters’ motives and psyche, and the plot twists and turns, makes Reef Road a perfect book-club choice.” Joan Luise Hill and Katie Mahon, authors of The Miracle Collectors

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Author

Author Bio: Deborah Goodrich Royce

Author Bio: Deborah Goodrich Royce

Deborah Goodrich Royce launched her acting career in 1982 in the lead role of Silver Kane on ABC’s All My Children. She went on to star in dozens of feature films, television series, and TV movies. In the 90s, she was the story editor at Miramax Films. Royce serves on the national council of the American Film Institute, the executive board of the Greenwich International Film Festival, the international council of the Preservation Society of Newport, and the governing boards of New York Botanical Garden, the Greenwich Historical Society, and the PRASAD Project.

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Available Formats : Digital Download, CD, MP3 CD
Category: Fiction/Thrillers
Runtime: 8.97
Audience: Adult
Language: English