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