Publisher's Synopsis
England, 1766: Abigail is happily married to James, a tobacco trader turned sea captain, and is looking forward to starting a family and settling down in Whitehaven, deep in the Lake District. But after a series of devastating losses, she finds herself in turmoil, with her future suddenly seeming unknown. When James announces that he will captain a ship to Africa and then the Americas for a year, it sparks a series of surprising and heartbreaking events. Now: When a shipwreck is discovered off the coast of Cumbria, expert Rachel is brought in to investigate. Her first thought is that this will be a perfect distraction from her troubled marriage and the memories of her past. But then it becomes clear the wreck is a slaving ship from the 1700s - one that was recorded as sinking in the Caribbean - and Rachel begins to wonder if there's more to this terrible mystery than meets the eye.
