The Storm
The intoxicating new thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Heiress
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Publisher Description
It was the trial that swept the nation
But her story isn't finished yet . . .
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St Medard's Bay, Alabama is famous for three things: the deadly hurricanes that regularly sweep into town, the century-old Rosalie Inn that has survived every one, and Lo Bailey, the local girl accused of murdering her lover in 1984.
When hotel owner Geneva hears a true crime writer is in town to research the Landon Fitzroy case, she's less interested in solving a whodunnit than the business it could bring the Rosalie Inn. But August Fletcher doesn't come alone: with him is none other than Lo Bailey herself, returned to her hometown to clear her name once and for all.
But the closer Geneva gets to Lo and August, the more she wonders if Lo is actually back to settle old scores. And as another monster storm approaches, she learns that the truth about what really happened to Landon is not the only secret Lo is keeping...
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A woman returns to the Alabama tourist town where she was humiliated decades earlier in this sleek suspense novel from Hawkins (The Heiress). In 1984, Landon Fitzroy, political hopeful and son of Alabama's governor, died under mysterious circumstances in the gulf town of St. Medard's Bay. His mistress, 19-year-old Lo Bailey, was accused of killing him, but a highly publicized trial acquitted her of wrongdoing—though that hardly stopped the rumor mill. Now, 41 years later, Lo returns to St. Medard's Bay with writer August Fletcher in tow. The pair take up residence at the Rosalie Inn, now run by Geneva—the daughter of Lo's childhood friend, Ellen—who starts to suspect that Lo might be more interested in revenge than correcting the record in print. Hawkins toggles back and forth between Lo's return to St. Medard's Bay and the days leading up to Landon's death, marking each timeline with the name of a contemporaneous hurricane. She shrewdly orchestrates the plot twists in each story line, folding in letters, emails, newspaper articles, and excerpts from August's unfinished manuscript to raise new questions and ratchet up suspense. When the pieces finally click into place, readers will be more than satisfied.
