I found this book easy to read and it did keep me engaged until the end. Sally, the main character, was sympathetically portrayed but I found her relationship with her husband unconvincing. There seemed to be little interaction apart from shared child care and it was difficult to feel any sympathy for her. There were some interesting twists and turns and I will look out for other novels by this author.

I received a copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley.

Sally, who works as a a hairdresser, is shown a photo of a client's boyfriend with his father. The father is Sally's husband, Tom. The opening concept is gripping, but then Sally spends a lot of time angsting about confronting Tom and failing to do so, and then as Tom begins to admit incremental bits of information, the author comes up with more and more elaborate ways to account for the fact that Tom and Sally never sit down and have a reasonable conversation about the situation.

I liked the relationships Sally had with her colleagues at the salon and with her neighbours, but her relationship with Tom seemed fake somehow. I never believed that had been happy together for 15 years; there was no warmth, no intimacy, no in-jokes, no sharing. They were like two strangers who handed off childcare to one another. It was all too easy to assume Tom was lying. What was Tom's job? Why was he not paying off his debts, rather than Sally?

On the one hand, this novel kept my interest, but on the other, it all seemed by the end like a lot of fuss over nothing. I didn't understand why every one (and especially Tom - why make up the elaborate story about the cyclist?) had felt the need to keep secrets in the first place and certainly not latterly.

What a fabulous read loved all the twists and turns kept me guessing! I really enjoyed this read it in one sitting!