An Answer in the Tide

No modern author can surpass Elisabeth Ogilvie in bringing a Maine island fishing community vividly to life. In the Bennett's Island series she brings us into the lives of the island families: clannish, resourceful, independent, and "no better than they ought to be."

An Answer in the Tide follows the fortunes of the third generation of Bennett's Islanders, focusing on Joanna Bennett's son Jamie, whose liaison with an attractive married newcomer strains the fabric of the close-knit community and proves dangerous for Jamie himself.