The Woman Who Walked into the Sea

By: Mark Douglas-Home

Narrated by: David Monteath

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

Critic reviews

Simply intoxicating

Entertaining and gripping mystery

A classic whodunit

Cal McGill is a triumph ... a wonderfully unique creation

Great writing, enjoyable story-telling and wonderful characterisation

Every bit as good as the first - superb performance

I confess I went searching for more performances from David Monteath. Having discovered The Sea Detective I plunged headlong further into the series. I find the humanity of his series every bit as interesting as the science of oceanography that was so front and center in the first book and continues to have a background presence here.

The depiction of a suspicious small village in Scotland is wonderful and the characters well developed. Loved it and headed straight for the third.

Slow start

I found it a slow starter, but once i got hooked (around chapter 9 or 10) I was thoroughly engaged until the end.

4

I you haven't read the classic, Rebecca, do so sometime. In this book's opening chapters I thought I'd
stumbled into the 21st century's update. The author sets us up in
today's rural, ocean side Scotland with
a wealthy estate, a haunting past reaching into an innocent woman's future ... and it works. This one is hard to put down.

A great find!

I’m so glad I ignored the bad reviews. I loved this book. The narrator is brilliant. The way he reads Duncan broke my heart.
The characters are well developed and multifaceted. You get to experience the perspective of several of them as the story unfolds. The author has a subtle way of building suspense until suddenly I’ve been sitting in my car for 20 minutes so I don’t have to interrupt the story to run inside.
I’m so glad I picked this series!

A Soap Opera

Worse than American day time TV Soaps and British West Enders. Having listened to the first in this series I crossed my fingers and hoped for a continuation of what could be a different approach to modern detectives. The first book held promise but I lost interest on occasion and had to go back to pick up the story. This author hasn't figured out what to emphasize as his main story. I haven't finished this second book and am disinclined to do so. Perhaps one more chapter.