Stories Book Torchwood Novels Long Time Dead 1 image Overview Characters How to Read Reviews 1 Statistics Related Stories Quotes Overview Released Thursday, August 4, 2011 Written by Sarah Pinborough Pages 256 Time Travel Present Location (Potential Spoilers!) Cardiff, Earth, Wales Synopsis Cardiff Bay. The government has ordered the excavation of the wreckage of a secret underground base. DCI Tom Cutler is watching from a distance, fascinated by the process. There are people in his dreams. People he feels he should know. The disbanded Torchwood Institute spent a century accumulating non-terrestrial artefacts and catching aliens. Who knows what – or who – might still be intact down there. But by the time they find the first body, Suzie Costello is long gone. Read Read Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save Characters Tom Cutler Suzie Costello How to read Long Time Dead: Books Torchwood: Long Time Dead Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 1 review 22 May 2025 · 162 words Review by doctorwhoisadhd I was going to be like, "How could you possibly mischaracterize a character that was in literally two episodes THIS badly?", and then I remembered it's a Torchwood novel. Even that said this was so, SO bad. It flattened Suzie's character down to an idiot who LOVED killing for fun — did they just forget that except for her dad ALL of the murders she did were because she NEEDED to understand the knife??? That fact just shows that she was 1) smart 2) only killed because she really had a REASON, NOT because she liked it. And this novel just completely ignores all of that. I mean come on, her picking the alias "Sue Costa" and then being like, "Yeah they'll never find me"? She was supposed to be smart! Also wasn't a fan of the prose in general either, and I thought the plot was super thin and didn't make much sense, either. Do not waste your time on this one lol doctorwhoisadhd View profile Like Liked 0 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating366 members 3.61 / 5 Member Statistics Read 27 Favourited 1 Reviewed 1 Saved 0 Skipped 3 Related Stories Torchwood Miracle Day • Episode 1 The New World Rating: 3.39 Story Skipped Television Reviews(5) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Torchwood (Series 1-4) Set of Stories: Torchwood Miracle Day Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote