The Taking of Annie Thorne: 'Britain's female Stephen King' Daily Mail - Hardcover

Tudor, C. J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0718187458 ISBN 13: 9780718187453

Publisher: Michael Joseph, 2019

Synopsis

'Some writers have it, and C. J. Tudor has it big time. The Taking of Annie Thorne is terrific in every way' Lee Child

The new spine-tingling, sinister thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Chalk Man . . .
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Then . . .

One night, Annie went missing. Disappeared from her own bed. There were searches, appeals. Everyone thought the worst. And then, miraculously, after forty-eight hours, she came back. But she couldn't, or wouldn't, say what had happened to her.

Something happened to my sister. I can't explain what. I just know that when she came back, she wasn't the same. She wasn't my Annie.

I didn't want to admit, even to myself, that sometimes I was scared to death of my own little sister.

Now. . .

The email arrived in my inbox two months ago. I almost deleted it straight away, but then I clicked OPEN:

I know what happened to your sister. It's happening again . . .
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'Confirms Tudor as Britain's female Stephen King. There is a creeping dread on every page' Daily Mail

'Shows that her excellent The Chalk Man was no one-off in matching Stephen King for creepiness' Sunday Express's Bestseller Predictions 2019

'Written with such skill it's hard to believe this is only her second book. It gives King a run for his money' James Oswald, author of the Inspector McLean series

'Dark, gothic and utterly compelling' J. P. Delaney, author of Believe Me and The Girl Before

'Deliciously creepy . . . An absolute corker of a book' Riley Sager, bestselling author of The Last Time I Lied

'I loved everything about this book' Alice Feeney, author of Sometimes I Lie

'Tudor's 2018 The Chalk Man was a standout mystery novel with a fresh voice and a spooky plot. This is even better' Washington Post
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Praise for C. J. Tudor . . .

'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

'A tense gripper with a leave-the-lights-on shock ending' Sunday Times

'A must-read for all horror fans' Daily Express

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Review

Some writers have it, and some don't. C. J. Tudor has it big time . . . The Taking of Annie Thorne is terrific in every way (Lee Child)

Confirms Tudor as Britain's female Stephen King. There is a creeping dread on every page and, as you start a new chapter, a dark shadow over your shoulder. Tudor's punk prose style and her great eye for menace make this a book no one should read at night. (Daily Mail)

There is no sign of second-album syndrome: the mix of grotty provincial realism and amateur cold-case sleuthing works just as well here (The Sunday Times)

As enjoyable and well written as her first, The Chalk Man (Daily Mirror)

Dark, gothic and utterly compelling, The Taking of Annie Thorne pulls off a rare combination - an atmosphere of unsettling evil along with richly nuanced characterisation (J. P. Delaney, bestselling author of The Girl Before)

Tudor's 2018 The Chalk Man was a standout mystery novel with a fresh voice and a spooky plot. This is even better (Washington Post)

Shows that her excellent The Chalk Man was no one-off in matching Stephen King for creepiness (Sunday Express's Bestseller Predictions 2019)

From the author of The Chalk Man comes an equally creepy story about missing children (Woman & Home)

Spine-tingling (Sunday Post)

Spine tinglingly good (Amy Lloyd, bestselling author of The Innocent Wife)

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 artist, television presenter, copywriter and, now, author.

Her first novel, The Chalk Man, was a Sunday Times bestseller and has sold in over forty countries.

Twitter @CJTudor

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About this edition

• Publisher: Michael Joseph
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0718187458
• ISBN 13: 9780718187453
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 352