{"product_id":"still-summer-9780446696739","title":"Still Summer","description":"Mitchard's \u003ci\u003eStill Summer\u003c\/i\u003e plunges into terror \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e By Carol Memmott, \u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Secure your life preserver. Tie yourself to the mast. It's late August, but it's still summer, and Jacquelyn Mitchard is taking you on a thrill ride you won't forget. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mitchard made her mark in the literary world in 1996 when \u003ci\u003eThe Deep End of the Ocean\u003c\/i\u003e was chosen as the first pick for Oprah Winfrey's now-legendary book club. Since then, she has written six other novels, but none matches the suspenseful pitch of \u003ci\u003eStill Summer.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It's a tale of terror on the high seas, but this is no \u003ci\u003ePirates of the Caribbean \u003c\/i\u003ewannabe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Readers know something terrible is going to happen, but Mitchard ratchets up the suspense by allowing her story to unfold at a leisurely pace. She painstakingly fleshes out her characters, because as readers will discover, their temperaments and personalities are as crucial to the story as the mounting disasters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tracy Kyle, Holly Solvig and Olivia Montefalco, lifelong friends in their early 40s, charter a yacht and two-man crew for a sailing vacation that will take them from St. Thomas to Grenada. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The trip starts out as an innocent adventure in paradise until two accidents in quick succession strand the women without their crew. What else can go wrong? In a word, everything. The engine conks out, the sails are torn, lack of electricity spoils their food and limits their drinking water - and then there's the injury to Holly's leg. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Nature's fury, murderous drug dealers and, possibly most deadly of all, their own frailties and secrets are added to the list. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Readers will wring their hands with frustration, weep with sadness and second-guess the choices these women make. But since characters must do the bidding of the authors who create them, we can only sit back - or sit on the edge of our seats - and let Mitchard's terror-filled tale wash over us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJacquelyn Mitchard\u003c\/b\u003e is the New York Times bestselling author of works for both adults and children, including \u003ci\u003eCage of Stars\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Deep End of the Ocean\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Rest of Us: Dispatches from the Mother Ship\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of her newspaper columns, which are syndicated nationwide by Tribune Media Services. She lives in Wisconsin with her husband and seven children.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50324657799442,"sku":"9780446696739","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3b91436d-b368-45aa-b543-4ca75e3a2e70.jpg?v=1727669720","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/still-summer-9780446696739","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}