We Were the Salt of the Sea

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title We Were the Salt of the Sea
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Roxanne Bouchard
Translated by David Warriner
SeriesDetective Morales
Series part Volume No. 1
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:272
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreCrime and mystery
Thriller/suspense
ISBN/Barcode 9781912374038
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Orenda Books
Imprint Orenda Books
Publication Date 30 March 2018
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Truth lingers in murky waters ... As Montrealer Catherine Day sets foot in a remote fishing village and starts asking around about her birth mother, the body of a woman dredges up in a fisherman's nets. Not just any woman, though: Marie Garant, an elusive, nomadic sailor and unbridled beauty who once tied many a man's heart in knots. Detective Sergeant Joaquin Morales, newly drafted to the area from the suburbs of Montreal, barely has time to unpack his suitcase before he's thrown into the deep end of the investigation. On Quebec's outlying Gaspe Peninsula, the truth can be slippery, especially down on the fishermen's wharves. Interviews drift into idle chit-chat, evidence floats off with the tide and the truth lingers in murky waters. It's enough to make DS Morales reach straight for a large whisky... Both a dark and consuming crime thriller and a lyrical, poetic ode to the sea, WE WERE THE SALT OF THE SEA is a stunning, page-turning novel, from one of the most exciting new names in crime fiction.

Author Biography

Ten years or so ago, Roxanne Bouchard decided it was time she found her sea legs. So she learned to sail, first on the St Lawrence River, before taking to the open waters off the Gaspe Peninsula. The local fishermen soon invited her aboard to reel in their lobster nets, and Roxanne saw for herself that the sunrise over Bonaventure never lies. We Were the Salt of the Sea is her fifth novel, and her first to be translated into English. She lives in Quebec.

Reviews

"This book is the definition of atmospheric."--Book Riot