It seemed like many of the characters in this book were keeping secrets. I suspected early on who the perpetrator was.

Kane withholds the loss of his leg. He suffers survivor's guilt as well, it seems and puts himself down because his fiancee at the time of his injury walks away from him. But he did gain a good friend in John out of his war experiences.

Maggie is hiding her relationship to Vicky. (A child put up for adoption locating a birth parent and moving close to them but not revealing the identity/relationship seems a common theme in these books--I don't know why. Fear of further rejection, I guess.) But as always, when the secret is found out, it creates more problems.

Vicky's never told her husband about the child she had as a teenager and put up for adoption. She's scared what will happen if it comes out.

Henry seems to have "dirt" on many people: Vicky, the university president, another professor at the university, and Beth. He's also kept the secret of being Maggie's father and Vicky's teenage boyfriend--something Maggie only finds out after Henry's death.

Phillip Johnson (university president) and another instructor both have things from their past they'd like to keep hidden, as does Beth. ( )