Dutiful corporate wife Cassie Callinan has survived the tragedy of losing a child with her marriage intact - or so she thinks. When she discovers she has lost her husband to a younger woman, she panics. Where is she supposed to go? What is she supposed to do? Who is she, without the familiar props of her marriage?
Fleeing her old life, Cassie finds herself amongst the eccentric inhabitants of Shearwater, a picturesque fishing village. Against her will, she is drawn into the life of the town, with all its drama, joys and grim secrets. But when a prowler starts leaving nasty surprises on her kitchen table, Cassie’s world is turned upside down once more, it seems that someone badly wants her to leave Shearwater. But who can it be? And why?
