C. J. Tudor

A gripping thriller about a man's quest for the daughter no one else believes is still alive, from the acclaimed author of The Chalk Man and The Hiding Place. An ID Book Club Selection - "C. J. Tudor is terrific. I can't wait to see what she does next."--Harlan Coben, #1 New York Times bestselling author Q: Why are you called the Other People? A: We are people just like you. People to whom terrible things have happened. We've found solace not in forgiveness or forgetting. But in helping each other find justice. Driving home one night, stuck behind a rusty old car, Gabe sees a little girl's face appear in its rear window. She mouths one word: Daddy. It's his five-year-old daughter, Izzy. He never sees her again. Three years later, Gabe spends his days and nights traveling up and down the highway, searching for the car that took his daughter, refusing to give up hope, even though most people believe she's dead. When the car that he saw escape with his little girl is found abandoned with a body inside, Gabe must confront not just the day Izzy disappeared but the painful events from his past now dredged to the surface. Q: What sort of justice? A: That depends on the individual. But our ethos is a punishment that fits the crime. Fran and her daughter, Alice, also put in a lot of miles on the road. Not searching. Running. Because Fran knows what really happened to Gabe's daughter. She knows who is responsible. And she knows what they will do if they ever catch up to her and Alice. Q: Can I request to have someone killed? A: If your Request is acceptable, and unless there are exceptional circumstances, we fulfill all Requests.

The chilling new novel and Sunday Times top 10 bestseller from the bestselling author of The Chalk Man and The Taking of Annie Thorne'C. J. Tudor is terrific. I can't wait to see what she does next' Harlan Coben'A mesmerizingly chilling and atmospheric page-turner' J. P. Delaney, bestselling author of The Girl BeforeDriving home one night, Gabe sees the face of a little girl he knows in the rear window of the car in front. She mouths one word - 'Daddy'. He never sees his five-year-old daughter, Izzy, again. The police believe she's dead. But three years later, Gabe still drives the roads, searching for the car that took Izzy, never giving up hope . . . Fran and her daughter, Alice, aren't searching - but running. Always one step ahead of the people who want to hurt them. Because Fran knows the truth about Gabe's daughter - and she knows what those chasing her and Alice will do if they ever catch them . . .'Hugely enjoyable and deliciously creepy' Alex Michaelides, author of The Silent Patient 'A creepy, intense novel that drew me right in and never let go' Samantha Downing, author of My Lovely Wife'Utterly magnificent. Such a beautifully weaved and satisfyingly complex tale, with just the right level of spookiness' James Oswald, author of the Inspector McLean series'Chilling and utterly gripping. Loved the twists and the well-drawn everyday details. A fantastic new book from the Queen of Creepy' Will Dean, author of Dark Pines'A darkly compelling tale of justice, revenge and the darkness lurking at the edges of everyday life - with an utterly propulsive plot that makes it very, very hard to put down' T. M. Logan, author of The Holiday 'C. J. Tudor's best novel to date . . . utterly emotionally believable . . . gripping and thoroughly entertaining' Sarah Pinborough, author of Behind Her EyesPraise for C. J. Tudor:'If you like my stuff, you'll like this' Stephen King'Britain's female Stephen King' Daily Mail'Some writers have it, and C. J. Tudor has it big time. The Taking of Annie Thorne is terrific in every way' Lee Child 'Her books have the ability to simultaneously make you unable to stop reading while wishing you could bury the book somewhere deep underground where it can't be found. Compelling and haunting' Sunday Express

Hay juegos que solo tienen un final posible. Un thriller oscuro e inteligente. Echando la vista atr s, todo comenz el d a del terrible accidente durante la feria, cuando Eddie, de doce a os, conoci al Hombre de Tiza. Fue el Hombre de Tiza quien le dio la idea de los dibujos: una manera de dejar mensajes secretos entre el grupo de amigos. Fue divertido hasta que los dibujos condujeron al cuerpo sin vida de una ni a. Sucedi hace treinta a os y Ed pensaba que todo hab a quedado olvidado. Sin embargo, recibe una carta que contiene solo dos cosas: una tiza y el dibujo de un mu eco. La historia se repite y Ed se da cuenta de que el juego en realidad nunca termin ... Todos tenemos secretos. Todos somos culpables de algo. Y los ni os no son siempre tan inocentes. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION I haven't had a sleepless night due to a book for a long time. The Chalk Man changed that. --Fiona Barton, New York Times bestselling author of The Widow An assured debut that alternates between 1986 and 2016 with unpredictable twists. The Chalk Man fits well with other stories about troubled childhoods such as Stephen King's novella 'Stand by Me'... Tudor never misses a beat in showing each character as both a child and an adult while also exploring the foreboding environs of a small town. - Associated Press A riveting and relentlessly compelling psychological suspense debut that weaves a mystery about a childhood game gone dangerously awry, and will keep readers guessing right up to the shocking ending In 1986, Eddie and his friends are just kids on the verge of adolescence. They spend their days biking around their sleepy English village and looking for any taste of excitement they can get. The chalk men are their secret code: little chalk stick figures they leave for one another as messages only they can understand. But then a mysterious chalk man leads them right to a dismembered body, and nothing is ever the same. In 2016, Eddie is fully grown, and thinks he's put his past behind him. But then he gets a letter in the mail, containing a single chalk stick figure. When it turns out that his friends got the same message, they think it could be a prank . . . until one of them turns up dead. That's when Eddie realizes that saving himself means finally figuring out what really happened all those years ago. Expertly alternating between flashbacks and the present day, The Chalk Man is the very best kind of suspense novel, one where every character is wonderfully fleshed out and compelling, where every mystery has a satisfying payoff, and where the twists will shock even the savviest reader.

"The Hiding Place is terrific in every way."--Lee Child From the acclaimed author of The Chalk Man comes an unputdownable psychological thriller about a man who returns home to settle old scores--and uncovers a secret darker than he could have imagined. Joe never wanted to come back to Arnhill. After the way things ended with his old gang--the betrayal, the suicide--and what happened when his sister went missing, the last thing he wanted to do was return to his hometown. But Joe doesn't have a choice, not after a chilling email surfaces in his inbox: I know what happened to your sister. It's happening again . . . Lying his way into a teaching job at his former high school is the easy part. Facing off with onetime friends who aren't too happy to have him back in town--while avoiding the enemies he's made in the years since--is tougher. But the hardest part of all will be returning to the abandoned mine where his life changed forever, and finally confronting the horrifying truth about Arnhill, his sister, and himself. Because for Joe, the worst moment of his life wasn't the day his sister went missing. It was the day she came back.

Arnhill sits staining the hills of Nottinghamshire. A rundown mining community which never properly survived the closing of its mines. Now it's haunted by a new tragedy after a boy is killed by his mother. But before she turned the gun on herself she used his blood to smear a chilling message on the wall. Not My Son. Shortly afterwards, Joseph Thorne returns to Arnhill but he is stalked by a sinister figure from the present and painful memories of the past. As Joseph takes over the dead woman's job and moves into her house, still stained with blood, he realises the secrets of his past still lurk in Arhill's shadows.

En lærer med en skjult agenda vender tilbake til sitt hjemsted for å bistå som sensor på en skole han selv gikk, bare for å avdekke en enda mørkere hemmelighet enn han noensinne kunne ha forestilt seg. Joe ønsket seg aldri tilbake til Arnhill. Etter det som hendte gjengen hans; forræderi, selvmord, drap, og at hans egen søster forsvant, var det siste han ville å komme til alle spøkelsene. Men Joe har ikke noe valg. Det skjer igjen. Og bare Joe vet hvem som tar grundig feil. Å lure til seg en lærerjobb ved sin tidligere videregående skole er den enkle delen. Å konfrontere gamle venner fra fortiden, som ikke er særlig begeistret over å se ham – i tillegg til å forsøke å unngå sine fiender –, er verre. Men det vanskeligste er å se igjen den forlatte gruven der hvor alt gikk galt, og livet hans forandret seg for alltid, og til slutt måtte forholde seg til den grufulle sannheten om Arnhill, hans søster og seg selv. Men for Joe var ikke den verste dagen i livet da søsteren hans forsvant. Det var dagen hun kom tilbake. Med Gullungen følger C. J. Tudor opp suksessen Krittmannen, hvor hun med en veldreven psykologisk spenning og et djevelsk oppsiktsvekkende mysterium vil sjokkere og tilfredsstille selv den mest erfarne leser.

En lærer med en skjult agenda vender tilbake til sitt hjemsted for å bistå som sensor på en skole han selv gikk, bare for å avdekke en enda mørkere hemmelighet enn han noensinne kunne ha forestilt seg. Joe ønsket seg aldri tilbake til Arnhill. Etter det som hendte gjengen hans; forræderi, selvmord, drap, og at hans egen søster forsvant, var det siste han ville å komme til alle spøkelsene. Men Joe har ikke noe valg. Det skjer igjen. Og bare Joe vet hvem som tar grundig feil. Å lure til seg en lærerjobb ved sin tidligere videregående skole er den enkle delen. Å konfrontere gamle venner fra fortiden, som ikke er særlig begeistret over å se ham – i tillegg til å forsøke å unngå sine fiender – er verre. Men de vanskeligste er å se igjen den forlatte gruven der hvor alt gikk galt, og livet hans forandret seg for alltid, og til slutt måtte forholde seg til den grufulle sannheten om Arnhill, hans søster og seg selv. Men for Joe var ikke den verste dagen i livet da søsteren hans forsvant. Det var dagen hun kom tilbake. Med Gullungen følger C. J. Tudor opp suksessen Krittmannen, hvor hun med en veldreven psykologisk spenning og et djevelsk oppsiktsvekkende mysterium vil sjokkere og tilfredsstille selv den mest erfarne leser.

Denna bok väver en fängslande berättelse om spänning och mörka hemligheter. I en liten stad återvänder Joe Thorne till hjemsökande barndomsminnen, avslöjande en ondskefull mysterie som hotar att avslöja begravda fasor. En psykologisk thriller som håller dig på helspänn.

Du kan känna den i skogen, på skolgården och i lekparken; du kan känna den i husen och på uppfarterna. Du kan känna den på de flesta platser i den lilla staden Anderbury. Rädslan att något eller någon iakttar dig. Det började 1986, på tivolit, dagen efter olyckan. Det var då den 12-årige Eddie träffade mr Halloran – Kritgubben. Det var han som gav Eddie idén om kritfigurerna: ett sätt att skicka hemliga meddelanden till vännerna. Det var roligt ända till att kritfigurerna ledde dem till en död kropp. Trettio år senare, när Eddie tror att det förflutna ligger långt bakom honom, kommer plötsligt ett kuvert med en krita och en kritfigur. Kommer historien att upprepa sig? Var spelet egentligen aldrig över? Om du bara ska läsa en bok i år se till att det är denna! Sunday TimesOm du gillar mina grejer kommer du gilla denna STEPHEN KINGUnderbart kuslig – som en kall knivsegg längs ryggraden LEE CHILD

"Want to read something good?. . . If you like my stuff, you'll like this."--Stephen King - WINNER OF THE ITW THRILLER AWARD - WINNER OF THE STRAND MAGAZINE AWARD FOR BEST DEBUT NOVELA riveting psychological suspense debut that weaves a mystery about a childhood game gone dangerously awry, and will keep readers guessing right up to the shocking endingIn 1986, Eddie and his friends are on the verge of adolescence, spending their days biking in search of adventure. The chalk men are their secret code, stick figures they draw for one another as hidden messages. But one morning the friends find a chalk man leading them to the woods. They follow the message, only to find the dead body of a teenage girl. In 2016, Eddie is nursing a drinking problem and trying to forget his past, until one day he gets a letter containing a chalk man--the same one he and his friends saw when they found the body. Soon he learns that all his old friends received the same note. When one of them is killed, Eddie realizes that saving himself means figuring out what happened all those years ago. But digging into the past proves more dangerous than he could have known. Because in this town, everyone has secrets, no one is innocent, and some will do anything to bury the truth. Praise for The Chalk Man "Wonderfully creepy--like a cold blade on the back of your neck."--Lee Child "An assured debut that alternates between 1986 and 2016 with unpredictable twists. The Chalk Man fits well with other stories about troubled childhoods such as Stephen King's novella Stand by Me. . . . Tudor never misses a beat in showing each character as both a child and an adult while also exploring the foreboding environs of a small town."--Associated Press "Utterly hypnotic. The Chalk Man is a dream novel, a book of nightmares: haunted and haunting, shot through with shadow and light--a story to quicken the pulse and freeze the blood. A dark star is born."--A. J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window"If you can't get enough of psychological thrillers with sharp twists and turns, you need to read The Chalk Man"--Hello Giggles "I haven't had a sleepless night due to a book for a long time. The Chalk Man changed that."--Fiona Barton, New York Times bestselling author of The Widow

12 år gamle Eddie og vennene bruker krittfigurer til å overlevere hemmelige beskjeder på. Og det er gøy til å begynne med, helt til figurene fører dem til liket av en ung jente ... Det er tretti år siden nå, og Ed trodde at fortiden lå bak ham. Plutselig mottar han et brev som inneholder to ting: et stykke kritt og en tegning av en krittmann. Da historien begynner å gjenta seg, skjønner Ed at leken aldri var over.

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?

12 år gamle Eddie og vennene bruker krittfigurer til å overlevere hemmelige beskjeder på. Og det er gøy til å begynne med, helt til figurene fører dem til liket av en ung jente ... Det er tretti år siden nå, og Ed trodde at fortiden lå bak ham. Plutselig mottar han et brev som inneholder to ting: et stykke kritt og en tegning av en krittmann. Da historien begynner å gjenta seg, skjønner Ed at leken aldri var over …«Jeg har ikke hatt en søvnløs natt på grunn av en bok på lang tid. Krittmannen forandret på det. Gratulerer, C. J. Tudor!» Fiona Barton, forfatter av Enken.

Pienin peloista on kuolema. Selkäpiitä karmiva kuvaus englantilaisen kaivoskaupungin pinnan alla kytevistä salaisuuksista Stephen Kingin tyyliin. "Kauhean hyvä, jokaisessa merkityksessä." - Lee Child Pohjoisenglantilaista kaivoskylää järisyttää tragedia. Lapsensa tappanut äiti jättää jälkeensä vain verellä kirjoitetun viestin. Uutinen surmatyöstä ajaa opettaja Joe Thornen palaamaan tuohon lapsuutensa kylään ja vuosikymmenten takaisiin muistoihin - siihen, kuinka hänen pikkusiskonsa Annie katosi. Ja kuinka takaisin tuli joku, joka ei ollut Annie. Mitä tapahtui niiden tuntien aikana, kun Annie oli kadoksissa? Mitä kylän pinnan alla kytee - ja miksi hautausmaalta puuttuvat lasten haudat? Liitu-ukon kirjoittaja C. J. Tudor tarjoilee jälleen täyslaidallisen karmivaa jännitystä. Valot päälle ja ovi lukkoon! Englantilainen C. J. Tudor toimi vuosia copywriterina, tv-juontajana, ääninäyttelijänä ja koiranulkoiluttajana. Nyt hän on valtavan innoissaan voidessaan kirjoittaa kokopäiväisesti eikä varsinaisesti kaipaa rämpimistä koirien perässä kuraisilla pelloilla. Hänen kohuttu esikoisromaaninsa Liitu-ukko myytiin 40 maahan. Tudor asuu Nottinghamissa kumppaninsa ja pienen tyttärensä kanssa.

En veltet buss full av studenter. En strandet taubane full av fremmede. En avsidesliggende hytte full av forskere. I en av gruppene skjuler det seg en morder - men i hvilken? Ute raser en snøstorm og nødetatene dukker ikke opp. Det er ikke en levende sjel å se, alle er på flukt. Men fra hva? Forbered deg på en nervepirrende thriller spekket med spenning, gåter og overraskende vendinger, der ingen er til å stole på og overlevelse kommer med en høy pris. Vil de klare å unnslippe kulden og den dødelige hemmeligheten før det er for sent?