The Chalk Man: The chilling and spine-tingling Sunday Times bestseller - Hardcover

Tudor, C. J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0718187431 ISBN 13: 9780718187439

Publisher: Michael Joseph, 2018

Synopsis

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER & SHORTLISTED FOR A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD AND THE STEEL DAGGER, BEST THRILLER AWARD . . .

A DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR

'If you like my stuff, you'll like this' STEPHEN KING

'A tense gripper with a leave-the-lights-on shock ending' Sunday Times
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You can feel it in the woods, in the school and in the playground; you can feel it in the houses and at the fairground. You can feel it in most places in the small town of Anderbury . . . the fear that something or someone is watching you.

It began back in 1986, at the fair, on the day of the accident. That was when twelve-year-old Eddie met Mr Halloran - the Chalk Man.

He gave Eddie the idea for the drawings: a way to leave secret messages for his friends and it was fun, until the chalk men led them to a body.

Thirty years later, Ed believes the past is far behind him, until an envelope slips through the letterbox. It contains a stick of chalk, and a drawing of a figure.

Is history going to repeat itself?

Was it ever really over?

Will this game only end in the same way?
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'[I] haven't had a sleepless night due to a book in a long time. The Chalk Man changed that' Fiona Barton, bestselling author of The Widow and The Child

'Completely engrossing. Reminiscent of those unsettling Stephen King stories of childhood' John Boyne author of The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas

'A must-read' Daily Express

'Deliciously creepy with a side order of Eighties nostalgia' Good Housekeeping

'Plenty of plot twists and an evocative portrait of small-town-life in the 1980s . . . a riveting read' Guardian

'There are shades of Stephen King when the reality bends into the sinister, and a deliciously creepy finale' Daily Mail

'Wonderfully creepy - like a cold blade on the back of your neck' LEE CHILD

'It's a very clever story - you'll love it!' Joanna Cannon

'Unsettling, taut and skillfully plotted, The Chalk Man grabbed me by the throat from the very first sentence and didn't let go until the final, heart-stopping page' Nuala Ellwood, author of The Day of the Accident

Now in chilling audio, narrated by the acclaimed actor ANDREW SCOTT, known for his roles in Spectre and Sherlock. ASA BUTTERFIELD known for Hugo and The Boy in Striped Pyjamas also stars as twelve-year-old Eddie.

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Review:

Wonderfully creepy - like a cold blade on the back of your neck (LEE CHILD)

The Chalk Man works, it's a lively and entertaining read . . . Tudor's got talent (The Times)

This assured debut is very much in the Stephen King vein - creepy with plenty of menace (The Guardian)

Hot damn C. J. Tudor's The Chalk Man is good. Very Stephen King-esque (Ruth Ware)

CJ Tudor's very clever, wrong-footing debut will leave you checking that doors and windows of your holiday cottage are secure . . . (Radio Times)

A striking debut (Sunday Times)

A tense gripper with a leave-the-lights-on shock ending (Sunday Times Crime Club)

You'll be gripped by this cracking debut novel . . . it will keep you up all night with all the lights on. This intriguing, satisfying thriller delivers a series of shocks . . . reminiscent of the master of horror Stephen King (Daily Express)

If you like my stuff, you'll like this (STEPHEN KING)

It's a very clever story - you'll love it! (Joanna Cannon)

From the Back Cover:

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?

'Tense, skillful storytelling' Ali Land, bestselling author of Good Me Bad Me

'I haven't had a sleepless night due to a book for a long time. The Chalk Man changed that' Fiona Barton, bestselling author of The Widow

'C.J. Tudor bursts onto the scene with a page-turning thriller that draws simple but terrifying lines about evil and the haunting nature of childhood. Flip open the first page and you'll curl up all night' Julia Heaberlin, Sunday Times bestselling author of Black-Eyed Susans

About this edition

• Publisher: Michael Joseph
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0718187431
• ISBN 13: 9780718187439
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352