Description
In this emotionally charged novel, The Bay at Midnight, Diane Chamberlain tells the story of Julie Bauer, whose peaceful childhood memories at her family’s cottage on the New Jersey shore are forever tainted by the murder of her seventeen-year-old sister, Isabel (Izzy). Though it’s been more than forty years since that tragic night, the unresolved grief still impacts Julie, especially in her strained relationships with her daughter, Shannon, and her mother, Maria.
When an unexpected letter from someone in her past forces Julie to confront the painful memories, she is faced with unsettling questions about the events of that night. Did she play a role in her sister’s death? What devastating secret has her mother been hiding all these years? And who was the real culprit in Izzy’s murder—was the right person convicted, or was someone else involved?
Julie must find the strength to revisit the past and uncover the truth behind the tragic event that occurred on the bay at midnight. This compelling story weaves together themes of family, guilt, secrets, and the quest for redemption.
