The Woman Who Walked into the Sea

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Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Women Who Walked into the Sea by Mark Douglas-Home, read by David Monteath.

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:

'Simply intoxicating'
Library Journal, USA

'Entertaining and gripping mystery'
The Herald

'A classic whodunit'
The Scotsman

'Cal McGill is a triumph ... a wonderfully unique creation'
crimefictionlover.com

'Great writing, enjoyable story-telling and wonderful characterisation'
The Scots Magazine

Critics Review

  • Simply intoxicating

    Library Journal, USA

  • Entertaining and gripping mystery

    The Herald

  • A classic whodunit

    The Scotsman

  • Cal McGill is a triumph … a wonderfully unique creation

    crimefictionlover.com

  • Great writing, enjoyable story-telling and wonderful characterisation

    The Scots Magazine

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