Named one of the Best Crime Books of the Year by the Guardian ,
Weirdo is an atmospheric thriller about a teenage girl convicted of
murder in a 1980s seaside town and the private investigator who reopens
the case to discover that she may not have acted alone ...
Corinne Woodrow was fifteen when she was convicted of the ritualistic
murder of her classmate in a quaint seaside town. It was 1984, a year
when teenagers ran wild, dressed in black, stayed out all night, and
listened to music that terrified their parents. Rumours of Satanism
surrounded Corinne and she was locked up indefinitely, a chilling
reminder to the parents of Ernemouth to keep a watchful eye on their
children.
Twenty years later, private investigator Sean Ward -- whose promising
career as a detective with the Metropolitan Police was cut short by a
teenager with a gun -- reopens the case after new forensic evidence
suggests that Corinne didn't act alone. His investigation uncovers a
town full of secrets, and a community that has always looked after its
own.