The Woman Who Walked into the Sea

Description

The daughter who nobody wanted learns the truth about the mother she never knew. A page-turning, heart-breaking mystery ”full of surprises … this is a classic whodunit” (Scotsman).

Cal McGill is a unique investigator and oceanographer who uses his expertise to locate things – and sometimes people – lost or missing at sea.

His expertise could unravel the haunting mystery of why, twenty-six years ago on a remote Scottish beach, Megan Bates strode out into the cold ocean and let the waves wash her away.

Megan”s daughter, Violet Wells, was abandoned as a baby on the steps of a local hospital just hours before the mother she never knew took her own life.

As McGill is drawn into Violet”s search for the truth, he encounters a coastal community divided by obsession and grief, and united only by a conviction that its secrets should stay buried…

Praise for The Woman Who Walked into the Sea:

”An always entertaining and gripping mystery … Infinitely better written than the majority of its competitors” Herald

”A classic whodunit. A mystery from the school of Ruth Rendell, and I can”t imagine anyone who likes those not delighting in this” Scotsman

”Cal McGill is a triumph … a wonderfully unique creation” crimefictionlover.com

”Simply intoxicating” Library Journal

Praise for The Sea Detective:

”Raises the bar for Scottish crime fiction … elegantly written and compelling” Scotsman

”Promises to be a fine series of detective novels” Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month

”Excellent” Literary Review – top five crime books of the year

”A compelling protagonist” The Times Literary Supplement