To The Sea
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4.1 • 26 Ratings
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
The stunning saga from debut author Christine Dibley
"A call to the sea passed on from mother to daughter ... lyrical, evocative and deeply engrossing." Australian Arts Review
A dangerous yearning echoes through generations.
On a clear summer's day, Detective Inspector Tony Vincent answers a call-out to an idyllic Tasmanian beach house. Surrounded by family and calm waters, seventeen-year-old Zoe Kennett has inexplicably vanished.
Four storytellers share their version of what has led to this moment, weaving tales which span centuries and continents. But Tony needs facts, not fiction: how will such fables lead him to Zoe and to the truth?
As Tony's investigation deepens, he is drawn into a world where myth and history blur, and where women who risk all for love must pay the price through every generation.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Like circles of ever-widening ripples on a still lake, this confident debut contains stories within stories and shifts between detective fiction and spellbinding family saga. When 17-year-old Zoe disappears three days after Christmas from a sleepy Tasmanian outpost, the initial assumption is accidental drowning. But are there otherworldly forces at play? A police procedural intertwined with the rich histories of Irish and Norse mythology, To the Sea is a deep and ethereal novel told through multiple characters’ perspectives.
Customer Reviews
The ocean's hold
A story of longing, set in a remote bay on the Tasmanian coast in contemporary Australia. Part mythology, part crime novel, this unique tale is both difficult to define and impossible to forget. A homestead, an ocean, a missing teenage girl: Dibley's exploration of the ocean's hold over generations of women is captivating and haunting