"Part My Dog Skip and part Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Slack Tide is a beautifully crafted gift not only for pet lovers but for anyone who has loved and lost and found the healing power of hope along the way."

Cassandra King, author of Tell Me a Story: My Life with Pat Conroy

"Nancy Ritter's debut novel is anything but slack. It's a tightly written story that I finished in a single sitting, well before another high tide in our beloved Lowcountry."

Lynn Seldon, author of Carolina's Ring

 "Equal parts literary mystery and introspective exploration of ambiguous loss, Nancy Ritter's transcendent debut novel is a heartfelt love letter to the essential connections we must forge when we are set adrift by loss and grief. It will linger in your imagination long after the final page is turned."-Jonathan Haupt, coeditor of Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy

"Ritter's lyrical writing, atmospheric low-country setting, and deeply drawn cast of Southern characters kept me turning the pages."

Rachel Bukey, author of the Ann Dexter Mysteries.