The Reunion

by Simone Van Der Vlugt

Translated from the original Dutch by Michele Hutchinson

When I read back through my diaries, I come across completely unknown events, as if another person was living then in my place. And yet a recollection can suddenly knife its way through my brain, a spark that lights up the grey matter of my memory for an instant.

When Isabel disappeared, Sabine was fifteen, isolated at school and tormented by her former friend. She remembers nothing from that hot May day. Nine years later, unbidden memories are returning to Sabine. What if she saw something the day of Isabel's disappearance? What if she could put a name to the shadowy figure in her dreams? And what if her knowledge was dangerous?

Simone Van Der Vlugt was born in 1966. She is a major bestseller of psychological thrillers in her native Holland where The Reunion has sold over 200,000 copies. Her three novels have sold over one million copies combined. She lives with her husband and two children in Alkmaar.