The Reunion
A gripping, atmospheric thriller with a jaw-dropping twist
Published on 4. September 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-1-4087-2079-0 (ISBN)
Description
'Full of atmosphere and shocks' THE TIMES
'One of the best Aussie thriller debuts since Chris Hammer's Scrublands' PETERBOROUGH TELEGRAPH
'The pace spirals and the twists multiply' S. R. WHITE , author of international bestseller Hermit
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Ten years ago, six teenagers hiked into the Blue Mountains wilderness - and only five came out alive.
The survivors have barely seen each other since the tragic bushwalk. Yet when an invitation arrives to attend a 10-year memorial of their friend's death, Hugh, Charlotte, Alex, Laura and Jack find themselves travelling back into the rugged landscape where it all began.
The weekend at an isolated homestead in the bush - no phone signal, no distractions - should be a chance to reflect and reconnect.
But each of the friends has been carrying secrets from the fateful hike. And someone will stop at nothing to get the truth.
The Dry meets The Hunting Party in this gripping thriller set in the isolated Australian bush, where five friends will wish they never returned . . .
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'An unputdownable debut that kept me guessing until the final page' EMMA STYLES
'A real page-turner that keeps you engrossed from the beginning to the final surprising twist' CANBERRA WEEKLY
'A gripping, twisty read . . . I raced through it in one sitting!' LIZA NORTH
'Tense and twisty' HUNTER VALLEY NEWS
'One of the best Aussie thriller debuts since Chris Hammer's Scrublands' PETERBOROUGH TELEGRAPH
'The pace spirals and the twists multiply' S. R. WHITE , author of international bestseller Hermit
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Ten years ago, six teenagers hiked into the Blue Mountains wilderness - and only five came out alive.
The survivors have barely seen each other since the tragic bushwalk. Yet when an invitation arrives to attend a 10-year memorial of their friend's death, Hugh, Charlotte, Alex, Laura and Jack find themselves travelling back into the rugged landscape where it all began.
The weekend at an isolated homestead in the bush - no phone signal, no distractions - should be a chance to reflect and reconnect.
But each of the friends has been carrying secrets from the fateful hike. And someone will stop at nothing to get the truth.
The Dry meets The Hunting Party in this gripping thriller set in the isolated Australian bush, where five friends will wish they never returned . . .
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'An unputdownable debut that kept me guessing until the final page' EMMA STYLES
'A real page-turner that keeps you engrossed from the beginning to the final surprising twist' CANBERRA WEEKLY
'A gripping, twisty read . . . I raced through it in one sitting!' LIZA NORTH
'Tense and twisty' HUNTER VALLEY NEWS
Reviews / Votes
A fine first novel full of atmosphere and shocks, that demonstrates how we experience the same emotions differently * The Times * A shattering debut - just when you think you've sussed it, you haven't . . . the pace spirals and the twists multiply -- S. R. White, author of international bestseller HERMIT One of the best Aussie thriller debuts since Chris Hammer's Scrublands . . . it grips you by the throat * Peterborough Telegraph * I flew through The Reunion. This sinister and original take on a locked-room mystery makes exceptional use of its remote bush setting and dual timelines. I could hear the cicadas and see every gum leaf. An unputdownable debut that kept me guessing until the final page -- Emma Styles, author of NO COUNTRY FOR GIRLS Tense and twisty * The Newcastle Herald * A gripping, twisty read, lots of dark secrets and grudges coming to the surface, in a location as troubled and unreliable as the intriguing cast of characters. I raced through it in one sitting! -- Liza North, author of THE WEEKEND GUESTS A suspensful slice of bush gothic, The Reunion is a real page-turner that keeps you engrossed from the beginning to the final surprising twist * Canberra Weekly *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Dimensions
Height: 193 mm
Width: 122 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
252 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4087-2079-0 (9781408720790)
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E-Book
02/2025
Constable
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Person
Bronwyn Rivers grew up in Newcastle, New South Wales with the mystery-novel gateway drugs of The Famous Five and Trixie Belden, before developing a solid addiction to Agatha Christie, Dorothy L Sayers and PD James. She moved to the UK to take a doctorate on nineteenth-century women's novels at Oxford, and was an academic researcher and book reviewer in England and Australia, before admitting that she actually wanted to write the fiction rather than analyse it.
When not reading or writing novels, she tries to spend as much time as possible walking or swimming in the Australian natural landscapes that form the settings for her work. This usually requires an excursion from her home in inner Sydney, where she now lives with her husband and two children.
When not reading or writing novels, she tries to spend as much time as possible walking or swimming in the Australian natural landscapes that form the settings for her work. This usually requires an excursion from her home in inner Sydney, where she now lives with her husband and two children.