Product Description
The Chalk Man
Author: C. J. Tudor
Format: Paperback
The chilling and spine-tingling Sunday Times bestseller
'if You Like My Stuff, You'll Like This' — Stephen King
'wonderfully Creepy - Like a Cold Blade on the Back of Your Neck' — Lee Child
Soon to Be a Major Bbc Drama
It was only meant to be a game . . .
None of us ever agreed on the exact beginning.
Was it when we started drawing the chalk figures, or when they started to appear on their own?
Was it the terrible accident?
Or when they found the first body?
The Sunday Times Bestseller
Shortlisted for a National Book Award & the Steel Dagger, Best Thriller Award
'A must-read' — Daily Express
'A tense gripper with a leave-the-lights-on shock ending' — Sunday Times
'There are shades of Stephen King in this very creepy timeslip' — Guardian, BOOKS OF THE YEAR
'A frightening Stephen King-esque coming-of-age story cum murder mystery' — Daily Telegraph, BOOKS OF THE YEAR
'There are shades of Stephen King when the reality bends into the sinister, and a deliciously creepy finale' — Daily Mail
'Deliciously creepy with a side order of Eighties nostalgia' — Good Housekeeping
About the Author
C. J. Tudor’s love of writing, especially the dark and macabre, started young. When her peers were reading Judy Blume, she was devouring Stephen King and James Herbert. Over the years she has had a variety of jobs, including trainee reporter, radio scriptwriter, dog walker, voiceover, television presenter and copywriter.
She is now the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Chalk Man, The Taking of Annie Thorne, The Other People, The Burning Girls, The Drift and The Gathering. All of her books are in development or optioned for TV. The Burning Girls is available on Netflix. She is also the author of a short story collection, A Sliver of Darkness.
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