I would really like this book to be made into a film :3.

With all the hype revolving around Weirdo, I just could not wait to read it. I so much admire how Cathi has written this psycholgical thriller. The suspence building up drip feeds you bit by bit it just draws you in. The story has a wonderful range of different characters that clearly mess with your mind. Be sure that Weirdo will stay with you long after you have finished reading Weirdo. I certainly recommend Weirdo to all readers that like a psychological thriller. It is superbly interwoven with the past in 1984 and the present time in 2003. Twenty years ago in an isolated seaside town of Enermouth, Corinne Woodrow a fifteen year old - young school girl was convicted of murdering one of her classmates. Corinne was sent to a mental unit. The newspapers called her Wicked witch of the east. The local people called her a weirdo and said they had always known she was a wrong un. In 2003 private investigator Sean Ward is sent to Enermouth to investigate Corinne Woodrow's murder charge. As now fresh new D.N.A evidence shows up that someone else was involved that are not known to the police. Retired DCI Len Rivett who was incharge of Corinne case twenty years ago helps Sean Ward find out who that someone else could be that helped Corinne that summer's evening in 1984. Black magic, witches Goths weidos and bikers are all here in the story of Weirdo just waiting to be read and enjoyed.

Cathi Unsworth has established herself as a writer of noir crime and she gets better with each book. Weirdo plunges the reader into the lives of a claustrophobic seaside town where twenty years ago Corrine Woodrow - a fifteen year old schoolgirl - was convicted of a brutal murder. Sean Ward, a detective retired through injury, begins to investigate the circumstances of Corinne's conviction in the position of private investigator. The pace of this novel is very brisk, taking you through both past and present events with seamless ease and palpable tension. Unsworth's writing can be bleak and the unfolding story is undeniably grim but there are wonderful observations that lift the story and a realism that sent shivers down my spine. After being deluged with Scandinavian crime over the last few years, it is refreshing to be reminded that there is strong, individual British talent out there too! I have been recommending this to every crime fan I know.