Mean Low Water
Stephanie Alexander
367 pages
Red Adept Publishing
published August 6, 2024
I listened to the author’s cracked slipper series so I was excited to read this different type of book.
This is a little bit of cross genres and has a little something for everyone. There is a mystery and friendship drama throughout. And throw in a little coming of age and romance to round out the most represented genres.
Ginny and LeeLee were best of friends and are the narrators of this journey. Ginny tells their past while LeeLee tells the present. The mystery surrounds what happened to Ginny. She’s missing and someone sends an anonymous email implicating Ginny and LeeLees ex-boyfriend in her disappearance.
Usually I like one timeline over another in a dual narrative, but I found I was quite interested in both. I loved how even though there are years between each chapter, quite often there was a thread that loosely tied the two together.
I had so many theories about whether Ginny was alive and what happened to her. As info slowly came to light in the present, I was constantly changing my thoughts on not only what happened, but what I thought of the characters.
But as engrossed as I was in the mystery, I was caught up in the girls’ friendship and how it ebbed and flowed. It had a real feel to it and brought memories back of that time in my life.
The book made me think and I enjoyed the read. I’d highly recommend it for those lovers of character driven mysteries.
About the book
Two small-town besties once shared everything. By age thirty-five, one woman is living a seemingly perfect life. The other may be dead.
Charleston divorce attorney Lisa “LeeLee” Moretz has a successful career, a beautiful family, and a coveted South of Broad address. But beneath the tranquil surface, her own marriage is crumbling. When her first love, Peace Smith, appears at her office with alarming news about her old friend Ginny Blankenship, LeeLee is catapulted into a missing-person case. She also realizes she’s never truly gotten over Peace, who left town with Ginny a decade ago.
In high school, carefree daredevil Ginny makes no secret of her prophetic powers, but dark addictions are budding under her chaotic charm. When Ginny meets cautious new girl LeeLee, she’s surprised to discover they share the ability to see into the future and the past. Ginny embraces LeeLee and draws her into a tight-knit circle of friends, including Peace, Ginny’s charismatic but troubled boyfriend.
Now Peace has returned to the Lowcountry, but he’s a prime suspect in Ginny’s disappearance. LeeLee must uncover the truth about Ginny, and her own future hinges on Peace’s innocence. Through LeeLee and Ginny’s divergent life trajectories and complicated bond, Mean Low Water explores the power of lifelong relationships.
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