On the eve of the global lockdown Don Barlow opens the door of his old beachside cottage to find a pretty girl with pink-tipped hair claiming to be his granddaughter. She needs help and has nowhere else to go. He welcomes her in and so begins a mystery set in unprecedented times: with the virus raging outside their home the girl cannot be asked to leave but what does he risk by having her stay? As Don and the girl start to forge a bond Don's adult daughter has her own suspicions about what the newcomer is after. But unable to travel how can she protect Don and discover if the girl really is who she claims to be? Praise for Caroline Overington: 'Deft dramatic and psychologically astute' Saturday Age 'Overington keeps you guessing until the last' Daily Telegraph 'Caroline Overington has an ability to home in on the darker unsettling sides of life seizing upon topics you might see headlining the news and spinning them into gripping page-turners.' Hannah Richell Australian Women's Weekly
