Full Fathom Five

• Title: Full Fathom Five
• First Published: 28/04/2004
• Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
• ISBN: 9780732275709
• Pages: 464

Full Fathom Five is a magic realism novel that Kate has published under her maiden name, Kate Humphrey, through Harper Collins Australia.

At twenty, Sara is tormented by an inexplicable terror so profound she has been unable to leave her home in five years. Her only comfort comes from the tarot cards her grandmother gave her, and her painting. Then, one terrible storm-whipped night, her father, the artist Augusto Sanchez, doesn't come home. His body is found dangling from a cliff face. Astonishingly, he is still alive.

The mystery of his fall can only be solved by the revelation of long-held family secrets and by Sara's realisation that strength can be found in the most unlikely places.

At once a suspenseful murder mystery, a lyrical love story and a reimagining of Shakespeare's The Tempest, Full Fathom Five resonates with the entrancing - and dangerous - music and stories of the sea.