Paul is a chubby kind-Āāhearted amateur detective. Dorothy is an intense upper class teenager. Paul is into quoting Sherlock Holmes and watching Derrick. Dorothy is into punk clothing and hating her mother. Paul is forty three, Dorothy is sixteen, and the only thing that links them is Paulās knowledge that he is Dorothyās biological fatherā¦ over time, this has grown into a one way relationship with Paul spying on Dorothy as she grew up, always from a safe distanceā¦They would never have met if Dorothy hadnāt heard of Paulās amateur detective skills. She wants to use him to find her fatherā¦