Eleanor Garfield, her husband Stephen and their two young daughters are driving home from an unsuccessful holiday in France. They stop at a service station before the ferry port and Stephen goes inside, never to return. Failing to answer his phone and nowhere to be found, Eleanor's husband has vanished without trace.
But this is just the beginning. Panicked and confused, Eleanor carries on to the port, telling the girls they'll find their father there. But it's not her husband who slips into the passenger seat as they wait to board the ferry: it's a complete stranger, and he has Stephen's passport... Stephen has sold the man his identity and Eleanor is under strict instructions to play along.
Struggling to understand the web of deceit behind this chain of events while remaining calm for her daughters, Eleanor has a split-second decision to make. Should she destroy her family by exposing Stephen as the fraudster he seems to be - or risk everything by allowing this stranger to infiltrate her life?
Genre: General Fiction
But this is just the beginning. Panicked and confused, Eleanor carries on to the port, telling the girls they'll find their father there. But it's not her husband who slips into the passenger seat as they wait to board the ferry: it's a complete stranger, and he has Stephen's passport... Stephen has sold the man his identity and Eleanor is under strict instructions to play along.
Struggling to understand the web of deceit behind this chain of events while remaining calm for her daughters, Eleanor has a split-second decision to make. Should she destroy her family by exposing Stephen as the fraudster he seems to be - or risk everything by allowing this stranger to infiltrate her life?
Genre: General Fiction
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