NATIONAL BESTSELLER ? "Propulsive... An absorbing look at small-town Maine and the thwarted dreams of a family trying to transcend it." -- Lee Cole, The New York Times (Editors' Choice)

"I tore through the saga of the Thatch family in two nights. The Midcoast is a reader's dream -- tense, ominous, and deeply wise." -- David Benioff, co-creator of Game of Thrones

Finalist for the New England Society Book Award ? A CrimeReads Best Book of the Year

It's spring in the tiny town of Damariscotta, a tourist haven on the coast of Maine known for its oysters and antiques. Andrew, a high school English teacher recently returned to the area, has brought his family to Ed and Steph Thatch's sprawling riverside estate to attend a reception for the Amherst women's lacrosse team. Back when they were all teenagers, Andrew never could have predicted that Ed, descended from a long line of lobstermen, or Steph, a decent student until she dropped out to start a family, would ever send a daughter to a place like Amherst. But so the tides have turned, and Andrew's trying hard to admire, more than envy, the view from Ed's rolling backyard meadow.

As Andrew wanders through the Thatches' house, he stumbles upon a file he's not supposed to see: photos of a torched body in a burned-out sedan. And when a line of state police cruisers crashes the Thatches' reception an hour later, Andrew and his neighbors finally begin to see the truth behind Ed and Steph's remarkable rise. Soon the newspapers are running headlines about the Thatches, and Andrew's poring over his memories, trying to piece together the story of a family he thought he knew.

A propulsive drama that cares as deeply about its characters as it does about the crimes they commit, The Midcoast explores the machinations of privilege, the dark recesses of the American dream, and the lies we tell as we try, at all costs, to protect the ones we love.

• We started tracking this book on May 28, 2022.
• This book was $13.99 when we started tracking it.
• The price of this book has changed 35 times in the past 910 days.
• The current price of this book is $3.99 last checked 2 hours ago.
• This book is at its lowest price in the past six months.
• This lowest price this book has been offered at in the past year is $2.99.
• The lowest price to date was $1.99 last reached on September 14, 2023.
• This book has been $1.99 one time since we started tracking it.
• The highest price to date was $13.99 last reached on August 4, 2024.
• This book has been $13.99 10 times since we started tracking it.

• Literature & Fiction

• Text-to-Speech: Disabled
• Lending: Disabled
• Print Length: 347 Pages
• File Size: 3,192 KB