Warning: spoilers below!
- Why is Max so keen to go undercover with the Borderland Family, despite the obvious risks?
- Why is Scott so reluctant to trust the police and tell them the truth when Lucy goes missing?
- Is Kate working with Max the catalyst to the end of her marriage with Sam, or do you think it would have ended anyway?
- What do you think about the philosophy espoused by the Borderland Family? Do you have any empathy towards their way of thinking?
- Explore the similarities between Lucy’s childhood and the refuge offered by the Borderland Family. Why do you think Graham and the commune seemed like a good home to Lucy?
- What happened between Lucy and Oliver in the lake? Why do you think Oliver died in this way?
- Why does Lucy go back to Scott after everything that happened between them?
- What do you think Kate sees in Max, and visa versa?
- The Borderland Family talk about the ‘dissolution’, but how does the theme of dissolution run through the whole book?
- How did your feelings change towards Scott Barker as the story progressed?
- What do you think Kate feels about Rachel Yates’s life? Do you think she wants a husband and children?
- Do you think Kate missing her marriage counselling appointment was an unconscious move, to destroy a marriage she didn’t want, or a genuine mistake because she was caught up in work?
- Do you think Sam was telling the truth when he said he hadn’t been having an affair with Fliss?
- Do you think DC Jamie Briggs enjoys working for Kate? And why?
- When do you think Lucy started to feel disillusioned about the Family? What was the turning point for her?
- Why is Oliver so attached to the Borderland Family, when he doesn’t really believe in the dissolution?
- What do you think will happen to Graham, after everything he has done?
- Why does Alex Sherwood stay close to the Borderland Family, even though he suspects them to have something to do with his father’s disappearance?
