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500 years ago: eight martyrs were burnt to death
30 years ago: two teenagers vanished without trace
Two months ago: the vicar committed suicide
Welcome to Chapel Croft.
For Rev Jack Brooks and teenage daughter Flo it's supposed to be a fresh start. New job, new home. But, as Jack knows, the past isn't easily forgotten.
And in a close-knit community where the residents seem as proud as they are haunted by Chapel Croft's history, Jack must tread carefully. Ancient superstitions as well as a mistrust of outsiders will be hard to overcome.
Yet right away Jack has more frightening concerns.
Why is Flo plagued by visions of burning girls?
Who's sending them sinister, threatening messages?
And why did no one mention that the last vicar killed himself?
Chapel Croft's secrets lie deep and dark as the tomb. Jack wouldn't touch them if not for Flo - anything to protect Flo.
But the past is catching up with Chapel Croft - and with Jack. For old ghosts with scores to settle will never rest . . .
Praise for C. J. Tudor:
'C. J. Tudor is terrific. I can't wait to see what she does next' Harlan Coben
'Britain's female Stephen King' Daily Mail
'A mesmerizingly chilling and atmospheric page-turner' J.P. Delaney
'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
'Some writers have it, and some don't. C. J. Tudor has it big time' Lee Child
'A dark star is born' A. J. Finn
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Imprint: Michael Joseph
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Published: 21/01/2021
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ISBN: 9780241371305
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Length: 400 Pages
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RRP: £12.99
Reviews
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Praise for C. J. Tudor
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C. J. Tudor is terrific. I can't wait to see what she does next
Harlan Coben
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If you like my stuff, you'll like this
Stephen King
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The Chalk Man works, it's a lively and entertaining read . . . Tudor's got talent
The Times
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Completely engrossing. Puts me in mind of Stephen King's The Body
John Boyne
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Strong characterisation, plenty of plot twists and an evocative portrait of small-town life in the 1980s add up to a riveting read
The Guardian
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The prose is punk, the pace fast and the plot sinewy. There are shades of Stephen King when the reality bends into the sinister, and a deliciously creepy finale . . .
Daily Mail
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A tense gripper with a leave-the-lights-on shock ending
Sunday Times Crime Club
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Tense, skillful storytelling
Ali Land, bestselling author of, Good Me Bad Me
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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
