They fall in love by accident in a week in New York City. However, Tom must return to Scotland. A passionate farewell at Newark Airport and a promise that they will meet in eight weeks, in Edinburgh, follows. But does Tom only love Meg because she is an imagined escape?

Great for fans of Alan Warner's "The Stars in the Bright Sky," Maggie O'Farrell, Lionel Shriver and Helen Walsh. Similar titles: "The Server by Tim Parks, Arcadia" by Lauren Groff, "The Revelations "by Alex Preston.
In 1981 a mother abandoned her child and drove into the night, never to return. Her disappearance was reported in the press as a fatal road accident. Her body was never found.
Thirty years later, Rowan has a child of her own. Afflicted by post-natal depression, she is convinced that she'll hurt her daughter unless she unpicks the mystery of her past, buried deep within a...