Synopses & Reviews
A mother's death.
A daughter's intuition.
A father's terrifying secret.
High Water
Beaufort, South Carolina: When the matriarch of the Smallwood family dies of mysterious causes, everybody in town has their eyes on the widower. An ex-marine involved in a local scandal years before, Fielding Smallwood is known as a fierce man with a powerful sense of discipline. He was neglectful of his wife and three children, including Georgie, the youngest, who is convinced her father is the killer...until another tragedy occurs and her sister Claire becomes a prime suspect. Now it's up to Georgie to find the evidence needed to clear her sister's name -- even if what she discovers threatens the survival of the only family she has left.
Lynn Hightower entwines deadly deceptions and startling revelations in this rich, intricate work of suspense.
Synopsis
Acclaimed suspense author Lynn Hightower weaves a "dynamite tale of family fallout, mystery, and intrigue, southern-style...that demands to be read in one all-night page-turning frenzy" (David Baldacci, author of The Simple Truth). When Georgie Smallwood's mother dies suddenly of mysterious causes, Georgie's suspicions immediately turn to her father. But family ties are hard to sever and Georgie and her siblings resolve to remain loyal--until their father is murdered and Georgie's sister Claire is implicated. Suspenseful yet deeply heartfelt, High Water infuses a harrowing mystery with an intensely personal study of the bonds that define a family.
Synopsis
- Award-winning author Lynn Hightower's novels have received rave reviews from The New York Times Book Review, Los Angeles Times, and Publishers Weekly.
- Her book Flashpoint was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year for 1995.
- The paperback publication of High Water coincides with the release of Hightower's new Atria Books hardcover, Fortunes of the Dead.