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It all started at the fair with a terrible accident. 12-year-old Eddie first meets the Chalk Man who gives him the idea for the drawings: a way to leave secret messages between his group of friends. Until the figures led them to a young girls body. 30 years later Ed had thought the past was behind him. But everyone has secrets and is guilty of something. And children are not always so innocent...

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The Chalk Man is OUT NOW . . .

IF YOU ONLY READ ONE BOOK THIS YEAR MAKE IT THIS ONE. SOME GAMES ONLY END IN ONE WAY . . .

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

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

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

We all have fears we hide from. But in the end they will find us . . .

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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?

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´An intriguing puzzle with an engaging cast of characters . . . highly promising debut´ Mail on Sunday, Thriller of the Week´A striking debut´ Sunday Times

´A must-read´ Daily Express

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

´[I] haven´t had a sleepless night due to a book for a long time. The Chalk Man changed that. Many congrats C. J. Tudor´ Fiona Barton, bestselling author of The Widow

´What a great book. A twisty thriller and downright creepy ending. 5 stars´ Sarah Pinborough, the bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes

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

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Tudor, C. J.

C. J. Tudor was born in Salisbury and grew up in Nottingham, where she still lives with her partner and young daughter. Her 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 sold in thirty-nine territories.

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