- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (26 May 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0141017503
- ISBN-13: 978-0141017501
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 582,936 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Innes? Innes, it's Isabella. Isabella Velasco...' A simple message on an answer machine. But one that made Innes Haldane's blood run cold. Isabella Velasco was a name from a past that Innes had tried hard to forget. For in 1977 both had spent a fateful year at the Unit, an experimental home for dysfunctional teenagers in Edinburgh. Now, after almost three decades, Isabella is trying to make contact. But before she can reach her, Innes learns that Isabella has committed suicide. And shock quickly turns to fear when she hears that another former patient has also recently killed himself. Has some dark event from 1977 finally come back to haunt them all?
About the Author
Sue Walker is a television journalist and has worked for both the BBC and Channel 4, concentrating on crime investigative work and miscarriages of justice. Born in Edinburgh, she now lives on the Sussex coast. Visit her website at www.sue-walker.com . This is her first novel.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I picked this book up, knowing nothing about it or the author, but was drawn to one of the settings for the story -Edinburgh, as I was born and brought up there.I could not stop reading it once I had started, and it does read very quickly.I am always drawn to the concept of is someone "mad or bad" and can things that we do as children or teenagers really leave us when we move on,ostensibly older, wiser or having had therapy ! I also like the "what happened then and what's happening to them all now ?" aspect of the plot.It is a guilty pleasure of mine, this wondering what happened to all those people we knew in our youth and what are they doing now with their lives.
I would recommend this book wholeheatedly, but will not elaborate on the plot for risk of spoiling it.I am off to buy the new novel by Sue Walker, which in this time of thrillers and crime writers popping up everywhere, is quite a special thing.
I would recommend this book wholeheatedly, but will not elaborate on the plot for risk of spoiling it.I am off to buy the new novel by Sue Walker, which in this time of thrillers and crime writers popping up everywhere, is quite a special thing.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The most gripping novel I have read in years.
Superbly paced and crafted. Creepy. Convincing characters. Don't agree with the other reviewer about the dialogue. I cannot recommend this book enough.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
It's quite a long time since I have deliberately read slowly so as to prolong my enjoyment of a novel, but I am with The Reunion. I picked this book up becuase it had a recommendaiton from Karin Slaughter on the back comparing it to Val McDermid - I thought I couldn't go wrong and haven't. Locations are excellently evoked and all of the chracters (living and dead) are interesting and credible. The novel manages to weave the interactions between the attendees and staff at the Unit over 25 years ago with the current time very well. I look forward to much more from this author.
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Gripping and disturbing, great 1st novel
I am usually more of a horror fan so I don't read many crime thrillers, as I don't like the usual "serial killer on the loose and forensic scientist" type thing, I generally find... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Wendy Torrance
Great book if not a little disturbing
In 1977 a group of highly intelligent but dysfunctional teeangers are selected for therapy in "the Unit". Read more
Published on 3 Aug 2009 by Victoria T
The Reunion
A confident debut which i feel could have benefited further from some editing. The revelation at the end is a long time in coming, by which point I felt we were wallowing in the... Read more
Published on 14 Feb 2008 by Rich
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Having received the book for Christmas but not had time to sit down and read it, it was my first choice for my holiday read. Read more
Published on 16 Sep 2007 by S. Jsimmonds
Don't believe the hype!
I read the site reviews for this book and immediately purchased a copy - "fast-paced first-rate", I was really looking to get stuck into this supposedly pacey, well-written... Read more
Published on 21 Feb 2006 by Z. OConnor
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