The Reunion- Guillaume Musso- Crime

Vinca is unwell and is visited by her friend Thomas. We are in 1992 and they are both

at school. His discovers that not only is she pregnant but has been raped- and who by.

Thomas seeks out the culprit and with a little help the perpetrator is accidentally

dead. The school gymnasium is being built and so it appears that the perfect hiding

place for the body is amongst the foundations. Soon afterwards Vinca disappears

without a trace. She has been rumoured to be having an affair with one of the staff

and has possibly eloped but nothing is proven despite the police investigating.

Twenty five years later and Thomas is now a highly successful author. A reunion

has been arranged at the school as part of the celebrations they are to be

honoured to be using the gymnasium for the last time as it is to be bulldozed to

make way for a new building. How long do they have before the body and other

items they buried alongside are discovered and who is sending the threatening

notes as if they know what happened all those years ago? Lives could be changed

in the blink of an eye and nothing is certain- only that the day they have been

dreading for twenty five is now only a short time away. This is set in France and

beautifully described. Guillaume has put rather more than just words on the page,

he has set scenes and produced that magical  mirage of letting you see the scenery

around the plot without it detracting or being too much. An interesting plot with

lots of twists and turns along the way.

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