BEFORE.... “There!” shouted Jonas from behind the wheel of the motorboat, pointing to a spot in the sea. “I see something ahead. Do you see it?” Elias O'Reilly stood beside Jonas at the bow of the motorboat

“Nobody stays after dark,” the thin ferryman muttered, keeping his gaze on the boat and water as he dropped her off. He refused to look at her or at the island hidden behind a crawling fog. Matilda Garner