1. What is more frightening? The known or unknown? The seen or unseen? Why?

2. Do you think evil has dominion over good, as Andie thought? Do you believe one is necessary to define the other?

3. Can a person be both good and evil? Who in the story exhibited both? Which trait ruled that character?

4. What moment in the story revealed the true heart of each character? Andie. Evan. Tony. Leo. Thea. Vic.

5. At what point, if any, did you suspect Thea was Tony’s mother? That Evan was Leo’s son? That Vic was an FBI agent? Which was the biggest surprise to you? How do you think the author crafted that surprise?

6. Was Thea wrong to hide herself from her son for so many years? Given her situation, what would you have done? Do you think removing herself so completely from her son’s life was hardest on her or him? Why?