On the surface, Thomas Degalais is a success. He's an author with several respected novels, enough to support a comfortable life in Manhattan. He is the product of the Saint Ex, an elite French school on the Côte d'Azur. When Thomas receives an invitation to attend the school's 50th anniversary and celebrate the groundbreaking of a new building, he accepts without question--but not to catch up with old classmates. Saint Ex was "far from being a lost paradise"; instead, it was "the setting of a tragedy [he] had been running from" for 25 years.
Vinca Rockwell was an American student who bewitched Thomas when they were students in the early '90s. But her allure also drew others, so when Vinca disappeared at the same time as philosophy professor Alexis Clément, everyone assumed the two ran away together. Thomas and classmates Maxime and Fanny knew the truth: Thomas killed Alexis, believing he was abusing Vinca, and buried him in the walls of the gym that's about to be torn down. And with fellow classmate Stéphane Pianelli, a journalist with a chip on his shoulder, looking to solve the decades-old mystery, Thomas's world is closing in on him.
The Reunion is a multi-layered thriller that's fueled by urgency and drama, and Guillaume Musso adds a menacing quality to the glamorous Côte d'Azur. With plot twists unleashed at a furious pace, The Reunion is a nightmare set in privileged utopia. --Frank Brasile, librarian