“Underwater, she seemed to float. Now, her garment clings to her skin like a cumbersome algae. Underwater, she could have become coral. Her bones might have been turned into jewelry. But she chose to rise back to the surface.”
When Joaquin Moralès is called to investigate the disappearance of a lobster boat captain, he hesitates—his son has just shown up at his doorstep, drunk and shattered. But when Angel Roberts’ body is discovered, there’s no time to waver. She’s not just a victim; she’s someone’s daughter.
In this poetic crime novel, the sea becomes a metaphor for kinship, dredging up tales of fishermen—real or imagined—from Gaspé to Forillon National Park.
Source : babelio
