What if you found out that your family isn t yours at all? How far would you go to protect
them? A gripping new psychological thriller from the bestselling author of The Girl Before. . .
. [JP] Delaney takes domestic suspense beyond its comfort zone. Marilyn Stasio The New York
Times Book Review Pete Riley answers the door one morning and lets in a parent s worst
nightmare. On his doorstep is Miles Lambert a stranger who breaks the devastating news that
Pete s son Theo isn t actually his son he is the Lamberts switched at birth by an
understaffed hospital while their real son was sent home with Miles and his wife Lucy. For
Pete his partner Maddie and the little boy they ve been raising for the past two years life
will never be the same again. The two families reeling from the shock take comfort in shared
good intentions eagerly entwining their very different lives in the hope of becoming one
unconventional modern family. But a plan to sue the hospital triggers an official investigation
that unearths some disturbing questions about the night their children were switched. How much
can they trust the other parents or even each other? What secrets are hidden behind the
Lamberts glossy front door? Stretched to the breaking point Pete and Maddie discover they will
each stop at nothing to keep their family safe. They are done playing nice.
