# 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.  
  
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_

## Details

- **Price:** 0.0 GBP
- **Vendor:** National Geographic Books
- **Type:** Mark Douglas-Home

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