The Bay at Midnight
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| Rating | : | 4.40 (549 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0028OLDUW |
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| Number of Pages | : | 227 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-21 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
During the summer of '62, two families vacationing at the Jersey shore, the Bauers and the Chapmans, are devastated by the murder of 17-year-old Isabel Bauer. Forty-one years later, Julie is a bestselling mystery novelist and a divorced, menopausal single mom, dealing with the demands of Shannon, her pregnant, unwed 17-year-old daughter, and Maria, her elderly mother. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From Publishers Weekly Family secrets sizzle at the core of an unsolved mystery in this smooth, deceptively simple tale of romantic suspense from Chamberlain (In Her Mother's S
Story set in my hometown This is my first Diane Chamberlain book, which I chose entirely because of its setting, New Jersey and the Jersey shore. I grew up in Plainfield and just discovered that her sister was a classmate of mine from elementary school through high school. Naturally this provided additional interest for me. The book was wonderful and I could not put it down. The characters were all developed with great skill and each appeared very human. Reading their stories and how the e. Diane Doesn't Disappoint! mzglorybe She is SUCH a good writer! I can't wait to see what she is coming up with next. Every book is different - and every one just has these unexpected twists and turns that keep you reading longer than you intended to. like when you need sleep.The characters in this one are just wonderful. My favorite was Maria - the grandmother, 'though most of the story is told by one of her daughters, Julie, a writer of mystery novels, who was 12 when her sister dies and feels respon. and keeps you interested thru the whole book - love her writings Margaret J Pinckard Pulls you in in the beginning and keeps you interested thru the whole book - love her writings
About Julie's own complicity. Her family's cottage on the New Jersey shore was a place of freedom and innocence for Julie Bauer—until her seventeen-year-old sister, Isabel, was murdered.It's been more than forty years since that August night, but Julie's memories of her sister's death still shape her world. Now someone from her past is raising questions about what really happened that night. About the person who went to prison for Izzy's murder—and the person who didn't.Faced with questions and armed with few answers, Julie must gather the courage to revisit her past and untangle the complex emotions that led to one unspeakable act of violence on the bay at midnight.. About a devastating secret her mother kept from them all