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  • Published: 14 January 2016
  • ISBN: 9781405923590
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 336

The Woman Who Walked into the Sea




One of the most unique crime series ever. Cal McGill, the sea detective, must unravel a tragic mystery . . .

Cal McGill is a Scottish oceanographer and one-of-a-kind investigator who uses his knowledge of the waves to find where objects came from, or track where they've gone.

His expertise could help solve the disappearance of Megan Bates who, twenty-six years ago, strode out into the ocean and let the waves take her away.

Megan's daughter, Violet Wells, was abandoned as a baby on the steps of a hospital, hours before the mother she never knew committed suicide.

As McGill is drawn into Violet's search, they must together navigate the jealousies, secrets and threats of this tight-knit coastal community . . .

  • Published: 14 January 2016
  • ISBN: 9781405923590
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 336

About the author

Mark Douglas-Home

Mark Douglas-Home is a journalist turned author, who was editor of the Herald and the Sunday Times Scotland. His career in journalism began as a student in South Africa where he edited the newspaper at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. After the apartheid government banned a number of editions, he was deported from the country. He is married with two children and lives in Edinburgh.

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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