The makings of a great thriller. First year student Zoe turns up in the office of university lecturer David Connolly and reveals to him that he is her father and she the product of a long ago fling before he married Caroline and had two lovely children with her. Is Zoe who she says she is? What are her intentions? And why is this secret only revealed now? So far, so good. However, I was infuriated by David's reactions and unconvinced by his reasoning in not telling his wife and talking it through with her, and how he was prepared to jeopardise the security and well-being of his family for the sake of someone who is a virtual stranger. He treats, I thought, Caroline, particularly badly and so he lost my sympathy altogether. Unfortunately, neither Caroline or any of the other characters really found it and so I was frustrated by the story. Maybe it was just me, because this book has had wonderful reviews elsewhere, but I was disappointed and so relieved when it came to an end,
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