The Sea of Lost Girls, Carol Goodman
The Sea of Lost Girls, Carol Goodman
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The Sea of Lost Girls
A Novel

Author: Carol Goodman

Narrator: Natalie Naudus

Unabridged: 8 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 03/03/2020


Synopsis

In the tradition of Daphne du Maurier, Shari Lapena, and Michelle Richmond comes a new thriller from the bestselling author of The Lake of Dead Languages—a twisty, harrowing story set at a prestigious prep school in which one woman's carefully hidden past might destroy her future.Tess has worked hard to keep her past buried, where it belongs. Now she’s the wife to a respected professor at an elite boarding school, where she also teaches. Her seventeen-year-old son, Rudy, whose dark moods and complicated behavior she’s long worried about, seems to be thriving: he has a lead role in the school play and a smart and ambitious girlfriend. Tess tries not to think about the mistakes she made eighteen years ago, and mostly, she succeeds. And then one more morning she gets a text at 2:50 AM: it’s Rudy, asking for help. When Tess picks him up she finds him drenched and shivering, with a dark stain on his sweatshirt. Four hours later, Tess gets a phone call from the Haywood school headmistress: Lila Zeller, Rudy's girlfriend, has been found dead on the beach, not far from where Tess found Rudy just hours before. As the investigation into Lila's death escalates, Tess finds her family attacked on all sides. What first seemed like a tragic accidental death is turning into something far more sinister, and not only is Tess’s son a suspect but her husband is a person of interest too. But Lila’s death isn't the first blemish on Haywood's record, and the more Tess learns about Haywood’s fabled history, the more she realizes that not all skeletons will stay safely locked in the closet.

About Carol Goodman

Carol Goodman’s rich and prolific career includes novels such as The Widow’s House and The Night Visitor, winners of the 2018 and 2020 Mary Higgins Clark Award. Her books have been translated into sixteen languages. She lives in the Hudson Valley, NY.


Reviews

Goodreads review by karen on March 03, 2020

NOW AVAILABLE!! i'm always attracted to carol goodman's books—they look good and they sound promising, but now, after dating three of them, i can empirically report that we just aren't meant to be. it's for all the usual reasons relationships don't work out—there's no chemistry, no meaningful communi......more

Goodreads review by Heidi on February 27, 2025

This book is the perfect case of watching a train wreck and having zero ability to stop the crash or help the victims. There’s a running tension between generations of young victims loosely inspired by the exploits of Hester Prynne and company, accentuated in Arthur Miller’s play. Written in the 195......more

Goodreads review by Lindsay L on December 03, 2020

4 stars! Engrossing. Atmospheric. Foreboding. Mysterious. This novel takes place at a boarding school (I love boarding school settings!) that was once a Home for fallen girls. The prestigious Haywood prep school houses students from wealthy families alongside students who earn their admittance throug......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer ~ TarHeelReader on March 06, 2020

Oh, I love a mystery set in prep school! Tess has a secret past. She’s a teacher and married to a professor of a boarding school, Haywood. Her seventeen-year-old son, Rudy, has had a difficult time, but he’s adjusted and doing well. He has a girlfriend and will be in the school play. Tess receives a t......more

Goodreads review by Jasmine on February 23, 2020

Right away I'm liking that the read is fast paced. As soon as the son was introduced and bits of him added on, my interest in him lessened. A troublemaker son would only cause trouble, nothing strange about that. Except secrets from the past slowly revealed and what I thought I knew changed course.......more