Reef Road: A Novel

In the novel "Reef Road," a severed hand washes ashore in Palm Beach, Florida, during the pandemic lockdown of 2020, colliding the lives of a writer obsessed with her mother's best friend's murder and a panicked wife whose husband has disappeared with their children. The book explores unhealed generational scars and is named a Publishers Weekly Bestseller and one of Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2023.

Format: Hardback
Length: 320 pages
Publication date: 06 July 2023
Publisher: Permuted Press

A Publishers Weekly Bestseller, acclaimed by Kirkus Reviews as one of the Best Books of 2023, Reef Road weaves a captivating tale that unfolds amidst the pandemic lockdown of 2020. When a severed hand washes ashore in the affluent enclave of Palm Beach, Florida, the lives of two women, a lonely writer consumed by the unsolved murder of her mother's best friend and a panicked wife whose husband has vanished with their children, collide in a dramatic convergence.

"Reef Road is magnificent. It feels utterly real, a novel of deeply personal context. It swerves between truth and lies—the lies that lead to an even deeper—and more devastating—truth. Though pure fiction, it reads as compellingly as a mixture of memoir and exposé. It has left me shaken to the core. Deborah Goodrich Royce writes with brilliant understanding of the mystery and occasional grace of trauma."

—Luanne Rice, New York Times bestselling author

A young woman's life appears flawless until her family vanishes without a trace. A writer lives alone with her loyal dog, obsessively collecting arcane murder statistics. As they cautiously navigate the do-not-enter tape blocking Reef Road beach, the boundaries of what each of them stands to lose become increasingly apparent. In a poignant tribute to the true crime that served as its inspiration, Reef Road delves into unhealed generational scars, offering a wrenching and original work of fiction. It is a captivating blend of stunning and sexy, akin to a bystander caught off guard by a curtain left open, drawing you in with its mesmerizing allure.

Weight: 560g
Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781637584965