The Harbormaster's DaughterBy: Heidi Jon Schmidt The story of a mother and daughter in an idyllic Cape Cod town On a freezing January night, LaRee Farnham answers a knock at her door to find a policewoman holding three year old Vita Gray, whose mother has just been murdered a few miles away. LaRee raises Vita with fierce love and attention, at the same time trying to shield her from the aftermath of the murder, which has deeply divided the histoiric village of Oyster Creek.