Set on a subantarctic island with a haunting past, rapidly becoming inhospitable in the present, Wild Dark Shore is a masterfully plotted novel with stunning imagery and strong environmentalist themes.  Its cast of characters—a widower, his three children, and the woman who washes ashore—are all incredibly complex and lovable, and every one of them is hiding something.  This is a story about impossible choices and the healing of connection; it’s tense, sexy, visceral, heartbreaking, and unputdownable—my favorite Charlotte McConaghy yet.