Beth's life has settled into a routine since her divorce. She's got a good job, an okish relationship with her ex husband and a good group of friends around her. However, things begin to become unsettling for her when she keeps spotting the same man over and over again and her nerves become jangled. For Beth has a secret. One she doesn't want anyone else to know. Something from her past. However, despite the fear that someone has found out her secret, she's managed to build a good life for herself despite the absence of her mother in her life for 30 years. So many unanswered questions as to why her mother just walked out. Never in her wildest dreams did she imagine her mother would one day be standing on her doorstep. But there she is! Beth is so overcome with emotion that she immediately welcomes her mother into her life. And its here that Beth's life starts to unravel.

I really enjoyed this book and thought the plot was interesting and suspenseful. As someone who has not seen her own mother for many years I have to say that I'm not sure I'd have been quite so welcoming and naïve as Beth was but the heart is a funny thing and its difficult to predict just how a person would react at seeing the mother they had longed to see for such a long time. For Beth, it was a time to have closure on so many unanswered questions. Or does her mother's reappearance simply create more questions than answers for her and she becomes a victim of manipulation. In her now isolated state, Beth struggles to cope.

At times the story was a little slow but overall was paced pretty well and because I was so engrossed, I ended up downloading the audible book to so I could listen to the story while I worked. It was hard to tear myself away from it. There were a couple of twists and turns and some plot twists that surprised me. I love it when that happens. Throughout the course of the book there were times that I wanted to shake Beth and scream at her to open her eyes but instead of finding that annoying I actually think it simply shows a well written book. Evoking a strong reaction in a reader is after all the end goal. A great book and recommended read.