Weirdo

Cathi Unsworth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1846687934 ISBN 13: 9781846687938

Publisher: Serpent's Tail, 2013

Corinne Woodrow was fifteen when she was convicted of murdering one of her classmates on a summer's evening in 1984, a year when the teenagers of Ernemouth ran wild, dressing in black and staying out all night, listening to music that terrified their parents.Twenty years later, new forensic evidence suggests Corinne didn't act alone. Private investigator Sean Ward - whose promising career as a detective with the Met was cut short by a teenage gangster with a gun - reopens the case, and discovers a town full of dark secrets, and a community that has always looked after its own.'A gripping tale of adolescent angst and genuine evil' Daily Telegraph'An absorbing mystery, an extraordinarily powerful evocation of time and place' Guardian

Review:

'Unsworth's best yet, as sharp as vinegar on chips' FT

'A serious talent... she has brilliantly captured that desperate sense of teenage boredom, isolation, danger and mayhem' Daily Mirror

'A creepy, credible page-turner that delights and disturbs' Metro

'A great, page-turning read. The sense of place... is spot on. I think the whole package works beautifully: memory traces, bad magic, sounds, smells' Iain Sinclair

'A tale of treachery, crime and cover-ups. Unsworth is adept at bringing Thatcher's Britain back to life' Sunday Business Post

'A dark tale that delicately captures an era, and the toxic power battles between teenagers' --Independent on Sunday

Book Description:

Wicked Witch of the East, the tabloids called her. Bloody Weirdo, is what the locals said.