Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
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, television presenter and copywriter.
She is now the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Chalk Man, The Taking of Annie Thorne, The Other People, The Burning Girls, The Drift and The Gathering. All of her books are in development or optioned for TV. The Burning Girls is available on Netflix.
She is also the author of a short story collection, A Sliver of Darkness.
<b>Hypnotic and horrifying, C. J. Tudor held me captive with another truly terrifying tale. Without doubt her best yet, <i>The Burning Girls </i>left me sleeping with the lights on</b>
- Chris Whitaker, bestselling author of Waterstones Thriller of the Month <i>We Begin at the End</i>,
<b>Combines crime fiction with elements of gothic horror . . . Tudor operates on the border between credulity and disbelief, creating an atmosphere of menace</b>
Sunday Times
<b>A mesmerising and atmospheric page-turner, with </b><b>plenty of shocks and a surprise twist for a finale. </b><b>Her best novel yet</b>
Sunday Express
<b>The best book yet from C. J. Tudor</b>
Best
<b>A gothic, spine-tingling roller-coaster of a story that expertly weaves the tale of eight martyrs from 500 years ago with a contemporary narrative about a priest coming to terms with their past, <i>The Burning Girls </i>adds yet more evidence to the fact that C. J. Tudor is a master of horror</b>
- C. J. Cooke,
<b>It's definitely the best of Tudor's books to date, which says a lot. This is one talented author and her international reputation is well-deserved . . . This is a great novel for a dark night in a snowstorm</b>
- Margaret Cannon, The Globe & Mail
<b>This creepy, tense thriller, packed with twists and turns, keeps the reader immersed until the shocking conclusion</b>
Candis
<b>Chilling . . . Mixes real historical events with fictional horror and mystery</b>
Herald
<b>Best-selling author C. J. Tudor returns </b><b>with another page-turner</b>
Sunday Express
<b>Mesmerising page-turner</b>
Daily Record
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If you see the Burning Girls something bad will befall you...
'A mesmerising and atmospheric page-turner, with plenty of shocks and a surprise twist for a finale. Her best novel yet' SUNDAY EXPRESS
'Hypnotic and horrifying . . . Without doubt her best yet, The Burning Girls left me sleeping with the lights on' CHRIS WHITAKER
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500 years ago: eight martyrs burned
30 years ago: two teenagers vanished
Two months ago: a vicar died mysteriously
Welcome to Chapel Croft.
For Rev Jack Brooks and teenage daughter Flo it's a fresh start. New job, new home. But in a close-knit community old superstitions and a mistrust of outsiders mean treading carefully.
Yet right away Jack has more frightening concerns.
Why did no one say the last vicar killed himself? Why is Flo plagued by visions of burning girls? And who is sending them threatening messages?
Old ghosts with scores to settle can never rest. And Jack is standing in their way . . .
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'Tudor operates on the border between credulity and disbelief, creating an atmosphere of menace' Sunday Times
'A gothic, spine-tingling roller-coaster of a story . . . CJ Tudor is a master of horror' C.J. COOKE, author of The Nesting
'The best book yet from C. J. Tudor' Best
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
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
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, television presenter and copywriter.
She is now the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Chalk Man, The Taking of Annie Thorne, The Other People, The Burning Girls, The Drift and The Gathering. All of her books are in development or optioned for TV. The Burning Girls is available on Netflix.
She is also the author of a short story collection, A Sliver of Darkness.