The sea has given Honor Vellacott's husband back?or so the ring on the drowned man's hand would have Holmouth believe.

Nathaniel has been lost at sea for two years. Honor knows the ring is his. She also knows the hand wearing it could never have belonged to him.

As the riding officer Gideon Thorne investigates the wreck and the contraband washed ashore with it, suspicion tightens around the town?and around Honor's own household. Then a local woman is found dead, and Thorne is accused of her murder. To discover what happened, Honor must follow a trail of false names, dangerous loyalties and lights glimpsed on the cliffs.

In Holmouth, the sea keeps its own counsel, and every soul has a reason to fear what the tide might return. But Honor is the daughter of a man the town has long called a wrecker. She knows a light can lead a ship to safety?or straight onto the rocks. The question is who lit it, and why.

The Wrecker's Daughter is an atmospheric historical mystery about a woman determined to uncover the truth, even when the whole town would rather let it drown.