The new novel from the Booker-shortlisted author of "Astonishingsplashes of colour", an absorbing and thought-provoking tale about the impact on a happy family when the husband mysteriously vanishes. What would you do if, out of the blue, your husband disappeared and you found out he was a suspected criminal? When reliable, respectable Felix Kendall vanishes, his wife Kate is left reeling. As she and their children cope with the shocking impact on their comfortable lives, Kate realises that, if Felix is guilty, she never truly knew the man she loved. But as she faces the possibility that he might not return, she also discovers strengths she never knew she had.