Publisher's Synopsis
'I THINK YOU MIGHT BE MY FATHER.' When first-year student Zoe Barry walks into Professor David Connolly's office and tentatively says these words, he is left reeling. His entire family is affected by the arrival of this stranger - his wife Caroline, with whom he has an increasingly fragile relationship, and their two children Robbie and Holly. Though no one quite knows who Zoe is, she is soon entangled in their lives. Yet her stories don't ring true, and Caroline is determined to learn if the girl is the unlucky innocent she claims to be, or someone with a far darker agenda. Because by letting Zoe in, David and Caroline aren't just leaving themselves vulnerable; they're risking the most precious thing in the world - the lives of their children...