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Violence
Some
A couple's deaths and the questions surrounding them; some thriller tension
Language
Some
Moderate language
Sexual Content
Some
Adult relationships and infidelity among the friend group
Substance Use
Some
Moderate drinking in a Nantucket social world
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Grief that reveals what was hidden, the complicated secrets of couples who seemed fine, friendship tested by suspicion
What this book is about
Four couples share a tight friendship on Nantucket. When two of them — Greg and Tess MacAvoy — die in a sailing accident, the remaining six have to process grief and growing suspicion: was the accident what it appeared? Elin Hilderbrand's departure from pure beach read is a grief-and-mystery novel that uses the accident to expose what the whole group was hiding from each other.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
a couple's sudden deaths as the inciting event
infidelity and secrets among friends
mystery elements alongside beach setting
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