{"product_id":"the-sea-of-lost-girls-9780062852021","title":"The Sea of Lost Girls","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Mary Higgins Clark Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the tradition of Daphne du Maurier, Shari Lapena, and Michelle Richmond comes a new thriller from the bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Lake of Dead Languages--\u003c\/em\u003ea twisty, harrowing story set at a prestigious prep school in which one woman's carefully hidden past might destroy her future.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTess has worked hard to keep her past buried, where it belongs. Now she's 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 she's 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd then one more morning she gets a text at 2:50 AM: it's 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, Rudy's girlfriend, has been found dead on the beach, not far from where Tess found Rudy just hours before. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the investigation into Lila's 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 Tess's son a suspect but her husband is a person of interest too. But Lila's death isn't the first blemish on Haywood's record, and the more Tess learns about Haywood's fabled history, the more she realizes that not all skeletons will stay safely locked in the closet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGoodman, Carol:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eCarol Goodman is the critically acclaimed author of fourteen novels, including \u003cem\u003eThe Lake of Dead Languages \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Seduction of Water, \u003c\/em\u003e 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 writing and literature at the New School and SUNY New Paltz.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50903616684306,"sku":"9780062852021","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_21cbc0ec-07b6-44c0-af3f-5541ebd97520.jpg?v=1738499996","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-sea-of-lost-girls-9780062852021","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}