“Carter’s writing is on target.” – Publishers Weekly
Garrison Gage has been called a curmudgeon, an iconoclast, a loner—and that’s when people are being generous.
After his wife’s brutal murder in New York, and his own near-fatal beating, the broken private investigator escapes three thousand miles away to the quiet coastal town of Barnacle Bluffs, Oregon. For five years, he hides from the world, numbing his grief with crossword puzzles and solitude, haunted by the belief that his wife’s death is his fault.
But everything changes when the body of a young woman washes ashore. Drawn against his will back into his old profession, Gage is forced to face the ghosts of his past while unraveling the dark truth behind her murder.
Praise for The Gray and Guilty Sea
“Irresistible for an old John D. MacDonald fan like me… Recommended.” — Brandywine Books
“Quite an enjoyable novel that engages a reader on multiple levels.” — Stimulated Outlet Book Reviews
“An outstanding debut crime novel set on the Oregon coast… as much a fascinating character study as it is an original story.” — Michael J. Totten, author of The Road to Fatima Gate
