The Gunn Family Trilogy · Book Three
Carol Gunn Returns
She was dead for twenty-one years.
The final book in the Gunn Family Trilogy, and we’re not saying a word. Not because we can’t. Because the Gunns would have our kneecaps. All you need to know is this: she was dead for twenty-one years. Read Who Killed Lenny Gunn? first, then come back here and try to act surprised.
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Inside the story
She was dead for twenty-one years. Now she’s home.
Carol Gunn walked away from her family and never came back. Her daughter grew up without her. Her mother stopped saying her name. As far as most of London was concerned, Carol was dead.
For twenty years she has been on the Costa del Sol, cleaning up after murderers for people you never stop owing. She can scrub blood out of grout and keep her mouth shut, and she has done plenty of both.
Now Carol has come back to Islington, to a family that buried her a long time ago, carrying a story nobody wants to hear and a past that followed her off the plane.
This is the book that finally tells what happened between Carol and her dad Lenny, and why she stayed away so long. It’s the darkest Gunn book yet.
Perfect for fans of
If you love these, you’ll love Carol
Where the story goes
From the Costa del Sol to the Regent’s Canal
Carol’s missing years play out in the heat and money of the Costa del Sol, around Málaga, where nobody asks questions. Then the story comes home to Islington and the canal, where the Gunns have long memories. Want to walk it yourself? Read The real London behind the books.
Questions
Carol Gunn Returns questions answered
Is Carol Gunn Returns part of a series?
Yes. It’s book three of the Gunn Family Trilogy, after Who Killed Lenny Gunn? and I Am Queenie Gunn.
Can I read Carol Gunn Returns first?
We’d read it last. It picks up threads from both earlier books, and reading it first would give away some of their biggest moments.
Where is Carol Gunn Returns set?
On the Costa del Sol in Spain, around Málaga, and back home in Islington, North London.
Is it darker than the other Gunn books?
Yes. Carol’s missing years were not kind to her, and the book doesn’t look away.
Does it have twists?
Plenty. Carol has kept a lot of secrets, and so has everyone around her.
How long is Carol Gunn Returns?
247 pages.
If this one gets under your skin
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