C. J. Tudor The Chalk Man 2018 Penguin Books 2018

Synopsis

<p><b>'IF YOU LIKE MY STUFF, YOU'LL LIKE THIS' STEPHEN KING</b> <p><b>'WONDERFULLY CREEPY - LIKE A COLD BLADE ON THE BACK OF YOUR NECK' LEE CHILD</b><br>____________<br><b><br><i>SOON TO BE A MAJOR BBC DRAMA</i></b> <p><b>It was only meant to be a game . . . </b> <p>None of us ever agreed on the exact beginning. <p>Was it when we started drawing the chalk figures, or when they started to appear on their own? <p>Was it the terrible accident? <p>Or when they found the first body?<br>____________ <p><b>THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER </b><br><b><br>SHORTLISTED FOR A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD & THE STEEL DAGGER, BEST THRILLER AWARD</b> <p><b>'A must-read' </b><i>Daily Express</i> <p><b>'A tense gripper with a leave-the-lights-on shock ending' </b><i>Sunday Times</i> <p><b>'There are shades of Stephen King in this very creepy timeslip' </b><i>Guardian, BOOKS OF THE YEAR</i> <p>'A <b>frightening</b> <b>Stephen King-esque coming-of-age story cum murder mystery</b>' <i>Daily Telegraph, BOOKS OF THE YEAR</i> <p><b>'There are shades of Stephen King when the reality bends into the sinister, and a deliciously creepy finale' </b><i>Daily Mail</i> <p><b>'Deliciously creepy with a side order of Eighties nostalgia' </b><i>Good Housekeeping</i></p>