A young man's life is torn apart by the violent death of his mother, but his previously tidy world is truly changed forever when he uncovers the decades old secrets that set the wheels of tragedy in motion. Island Secrets takes us on a young man's journey to understand the circumstances around his mother's tragic death. David Winslow's fifty-nine year old mother, Claire, was killed in the violent single car crash of her classic Jaguar. The car was being driven, inexplicably, by Doug Brown, a forty-five year old carpenter, now in a coma, who had recently been brought down from an island in Maine to work at the Winslow's home along the South Coast of Massachusetts. David's quest for truth brings him to the island where he encounters Doug's eighty-five years old mother, Elsie, a sweet, grandmotherly woman who is determined to keep her secrets safe. Elsie Brown has been keeping secrets for decades, and one of them is about to unravel, revealing both the virtues and pitfalls of "managing the truth," and raising compelling questions regarding the unintended consequences of well intended choices. Inspired by actual events.