Coben, Harlan Myron is summoned to Paris at the behest of an old lover, Therese. She is in unspecified trouble and needs his help. When he gets there, he discovers that her husband has been murdered and she is the main suspect. The interesting thing is that more than one blood-type has been discovered at the scene - and the other blood can only be attributed to his daughter. But she died 10 years before. As Myron and Therese try to find out exactly whats going on, they uncover more and more questions. Did the daughter really die? Did Thereses husband have a further child with someone else? But when the truth is something no one expected . . .