Dead Low Tide

Inthis long-awaited sequel to The Hunt Club, set in the swampy SouthCarolina Lowcountry, New York Times bestselling author Bret Lott returnswith a literary page-turner about murder and family secrets. Though Dead LowTide continues the story of Huger Dillard, this haunting work of fictionbrilliantly stands on its own. No longer a teenager and now a young man, Hugermust come to terms with and confront the truth about his community, his past,and the mysterious place he calls home.

Whilemost of the residents in the wealthy, historic Charleston enclave of LandgraveHall are asleep at two-thirty in the morning, Huger Dillard and his father,"Unc," are heading, via jonboat, to the adjoining golf course. Blinded by aterrible accident that killed his wife, Unc prefers to practice his golf gamewhen no one is watching. But before anyone can even tee off, Huger makes agrisly find: a woman's body, anchored deep in the mud at the water's low tide.

Thediscovery sets off a chain of events that puts Huger and his family up againstsecret military forces, old friends, longtime neighbors, lost loves, andshadowy global networks. The only thing connecting them all is LandgraveHall-and the treacherous reason why this area is so important to so manypeople.

Bret Lottis the author of the novels A Song I Knew by Heart, Jewel (an Oprah'sBook Club selection), The Hunt Club, Reed's Beach, A Stranger's House,and The Man Who Owned Vermont; and the story collections A Dream ofOld Leaves, How to Get Home, and The Difference Between Women and Men;the memoir Fathers, Sons, and Brothers; and the writing guide BeforeWe Get Started. Named editor of The Southern Review in 2004, BretLott lives with his wife in Charleston, South Carolina.