Four old friends. One school reunion. A past that refuses to stay buried.
Twenty-five years ago, Susan, Isobel, Nicholas and Simon were inseparable.
At Eaglesforth, they were known as The SINS - four children bound by loyalty, secrets and the certainty that they would always protect one another. But after leaving school, life pulled them in different directions. Friendships faded. Trust became memory. And the people they once knew so well became strangers.
When an unexpected invitation calls them back to Eaglesforth for a fund-raising reunion dinner, nostalgia and curiosity draw them through the gates. Each wonders what became of the others. Each wonders whether the old bond still exists. And each carries the private weight of the years between.
Then a criminal act changes everything.
As the school is thrown into lockdown, Susan, Isobel, Nicholas and Simon are trapped together once more. Old loyalties resurface. Long-buried tensions begin to show. And as the night unfolds, each of them is forced to confront not only who their friends have become, but who they have become themselves.
Atmospheric, character-driven and emotionally layered, Sins Alive! is a women's fiction novel about friendship, memory, loyalty and second chances, with a compelling thread of mystery and crime.
Can a friendship forged in childhood survive the truths of adulthood?
Or were some sins never meant to stay buried?