Taking of Annie Thorne

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'TERRIFIC IN EVERY WAY' LEE CHILDYou won't be able to put down the spine-tingling new novel from the author of The Chalk Man . . . THENOne night, my little sister went missing. There were searches, appeals. Everyone thought the worst. And then, miraculously, she came back. She couldn't, or wouldn't, say what had happened. But she wasn't the same afterwards. She wasn't my Annie. Because sometimes my own little sister scared me to death . . .NOWThe email arrives in my inbox:I know what happened to your sister. It's happening again . . .'Confirms Tudor as Britain's female Stephen King. There is a creeping dread on every page' Daily Mail'Shows that her excellent The Chalk Man was no one-off in matching Stephen King for creepiness' Sunday Express'Written with such skill it's hard to believe this is only her second book. It gives King a run for his money' James Oswald, author of the Inspector McLean series'Dark, gothic and utterly compelling' J. P. Delaney, author of Believe Me 'Deliciously creepy . . . An absolute corker of a book' Riley Sager, bestselling author of The Last Time I Lied

Some writers have it, and some don't. C. J. Tudor has it big time . . . The Taking of Annie Thorne is terrific in every way, Confirms Tudor as Britain's female Stephen King. There is a creeping dread on every page and, as you start a new chapter, a dark shadow over your shoulder. Tudor's punk prose style and her great eye for menace make this a book no one should read at night. , There is no sign of second-album syndrome: the mix of grotty provincial realism and amateur cold-case sleuthing works just as well here , As enjoyable and well written as her first, The Chalk Man, Dark, gothic and utterly compelling, The Taking of Annie Thorne pulls off a rare combination - an atmosphere of unsettling evil along with richly nuanced characterisation

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 artist, television presenter, copywriter and, now, author.C. J. Tudor's first novel, The Chalk Man, was a Sunday Times bestseller and sold in over forty countries. Her second novel, The Taking of Annie Thorne, was also a Sunday Times bestseller as was her third novel, The Other People. All three books are in development for TV. Her fourth novel, The Burning Girls, was a Richard and Judy Book Club selection and has been adapted for television by award-winning screenwriter Hans Rosenfeldt (creator of The Bridge and Marcella). It will debut on Paramount Plus in 2023. The Drift is her fifth novel and has also been optioned for the screen. C.J. Tudor is also the author of A Sliver of Darkness, a collection of short stories. She lives in Sussex with her family.Twitter @CJTudorFacebook @CJTudorOfficial