The Castaways

by Elin Hilderbrand

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Greg and Tess MacAvoy are one of four prominent Nantucket couples who count each other as best friends. As pillars of their close-knit community, the MacAvoys, Kapenashes, Drakes, and Wheelers are important to their friends and neighbors, and especially to each other. But just before the beginning of another idyllic summer, Greg and Tess are killed when their boat capsizes during an anniversary sail. As the warm weather approaches and the island mourns their loss, nothing can prepare the MacAvoy's closest friends for what will be revealed.--From publisher description.… (more)

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This was quite a fun one from this author. It is about 4 couples who are best friends. One couple dies in a sailing accident and the other 3 couples all have many secrets that are about to be exposed, and what if any involvement they had in the accident. (

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zmagic69 | Apr 27, 2024 |

Romance

BooksInMirror | Feb 19, 2024 |

After a couple from a close-kinit circle of friends is killed in a boating accident, the remaining reexamine their lives and how they may have played a part.

bentstoker | Jan 26, 2024 |

One of my favorites my Elin Hilderbrand. A Nantucket "Friends" vibe. (

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Krista0211 | Dec 9, 2023 |

Great tour-de-force about grief and friendship.

I enjoyed Hilderbrand's masterful ability to weave six narratives coherently together while slowly solving a puzzle left by the deaths of Greg and Tess.

A great book for the beach! (

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AngelaLam | Feb 8, 2022 |

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Elin Hilderbrand	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Carstens, Almuth	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Greg and Tess MacAvoy are one of four prominent Nantucket couples who count each other as best friends. As pillars of their close-knit community, the MacAvoys, Kapenashes, Drakes, and Wheelers are important to their friends and neighbors, and especially to each other. But just before the beginning of another idyllic summer, Greg and Tess are killed when their boat capsizes during an anniversary sail. As the warm weather approaches and the island mourns their loss, nothing can prepare the MacAvoy's closest friends for what will be revealed.--From publisher description.

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