When first-year college student Zoe Barry walks into Professor David Connolly's office, David thinks she's there about an assignment. Instead, she says, "I think you might be my father." And then everything changes.
David is left reeling, but it's David's wife, Caroline, and his two children whose lives are completely turned upside down. And just who is Zoe? Is she really David's daughter? She's definitely hiding something, especially since she acts one way with David and completely differently with Caroline, and it seems obvious that she's turning husband and wife against each other. It's also obvious that Zoe is smart and has something in store for David and his family. As David and Caroline try to learn more about Zoe, welcoming her into their family (like a cuckoo into a nest), Zoe's stories start to ring less and less true. And as Zoe becomes more entangled in the family, it becomes clear that now David's two other children may be in danger.
While I felt I could anticipate some elements of this story, I still found this a compulsive page-turner of a book. Zoe is such a clever, nasty piece of work -- it's so clear that she's up to no good (perhaps she's a kind of sociopath), but you don't know what her true motivations are, and what her end game is. Watching David's relationship with Caroline start to fray and unravel is like watching an accident about to happen; you know what's happening, but you watch anyway (wondering just how bad the end result will be).
This book was a suggestion from a colleague -- and I'm very grateful. This was a good read!!
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