The Woman Who Walked into the Sea
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.Megans 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 Violets 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 HeraldA classic whodunit. A mystery from the school of Ruth Rendell, and I cant imagine anyone who likes those not delighting in this ScotsmanCal McGill is a triumph ... a wonderfully unique creation crimefictionlover.comSimply intoxicating Library JournalPraise for The Sea Detective:Raises the bar for Scottish crime fiction ... elegantly written and compelling ScotsmanPromises to be a fine series of detective novels Sunday Times Crime Book of the MonthExcellent Literary Review - top five crime books of the yearA compelling protagonist The Times Literary Supplement
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