Wonderfully creepy - like a cold blade on the back of your neck (LEE CHILD)

The Chalk Man works, it's a lively and entertaining read . . . Tudor's got talent (The Times)

This assured debut is very much in the Stephen King vein - creepy with plenty of menace (The Guardian)

Hot damn C. J. Tudor's The Chalk Man is good. Very Stephen King-esque (Ruth Ware)

CJ Tudor's very clever, wrong-footing debut will leave you checking that doors and windows of your holiday cottage are secure . . . (Radio Times)

A striking debut (Sunday Times)

A tense gripper with a leave-the-lights-on shock ending (Sunday Times Crime Club)

You'll be gripped by this cracking debut novel . . . it will keep you up all night with all the lights on. This intriguing, satisfying thriller delivers a series of shocks . . . reminiscent of the master of horror Stephen King (Daily Express)

If you like my stuff, you'll like this (STEPHEN KING)

It's a very clever story - you'll love it! (Joanna Cannon)

'If you like my stuff, you'll like this' Stephen King

A DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR - 'A frightening Stephen King-esque coming-of-age story cum murder mystery. With new crime writers this dark, the future is bright'

A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR - 'There are shades of Stephen King in this very creepy timeslip'
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It was only meant to be a game . . .

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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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, ALSO SHORTLISTED FOR A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD AND THE STEEL DAGGER, BEST THRILLER AWARD . . .

'A must-read' Daily Express

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

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

'Plenty of plot twists and an evocative portrait of small-town-life in the 1980s . . . a riveting read' Guardian

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

'Wonderfully creepy - like a cold blade on the back of your neck' LEE CHILD

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