First published 2024
Grace has made her peace with solitude on Eris, a remote Scottish island accessible from the mainland only twelve hours each day. The island holds one house, one resident, and memories of its former inhabitant Vanessa, a celebrated artist whose cheating husband vanished two decades ago. Grace follows the rhythm of the tides, embracing her isolation from the world beyond the water. Her quiet existence shatters when someone makes a startling find at a London art gallery. A stranger arrives on Eris, threatening to uncover secrets that have remained buried for twenty years. Grace must confront the island's hidden past and decide how far she will go to protect the life she has built in this remote sanctuary.
Genres: suspense, mystery, contemporary, thriller
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: hidden-past, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Eris, London, Scotland
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
320 pages · Hardcover · Mariner Books