HANNAH GUIGNARD

Debut Novel Looking for Agent

THE TIDES THAT BIND is an upmarket fiction novel that is 90,000 words. 

After the death of Will Greenway, Etiwan Island’s golden boy, the lives of the three people closest to him unravel. When his boat is recovered following a storm, a police investigation reveals there might be more to the truth. But, this isn’t just a mystery. This dual timeline book, told from four unique points of view, is the story of lives intertwining over the course of twenty-five years. Set in the American South, this novel doesn’t shy away from classism, racism, entitlement, or privilege. By portraying both the marginalized and the elite, readers receive an honest look at the underbelly of modern southern aristocracy in the disguise of drama, intrigue, love triangles, and betrayal. With the juice of Elin Hilderbrand, the mystery of Where The Crawdads Sing, and the landscape prose of Pat Conroy, this book has it all, including a twist. 

Readers of Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall, The Correspondent by Virginia Evans, and Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson, will enjoy the way this story explores disparity while weaving together the reckoning of the past with the narrative of the future—and keeps you guessing until the very end.