Kate Bromley rarely saw her father when she was a child. The man who divorced her mother was a remote figure who came to see her and give her presents. That changed when she left school. Her father paid for her to go to university and they went on holidays together. Kate got to know him well. They shared common interests in sailing and other outdoor activities. But there was a side to his life that he kept secret. Kate was vaguely aware of it. Her father thought he could play Robin Hood. That was entertaining when the Sheriff of Nottingham was the baddy but frightening in real life. Kate found herself sucked into his dangerous world. One day she was on a student hike in the Scottish Highlands. The next she was on a plane, bound for Australia, fleeing for her life.