The Chalk Man - C.J. Tudor

The Chalk Man is coming…

You can feel it in the woods, in the school and in the playground; you can feel it in the houses and at the fairground. You can feel it in most places in the small town of Anderbury … the fear that something or someone is watching you.

It began back in 1986, at the fair, on the day of the accident.

That was when twelve-year-old Eddie met Mr Halloran - the Chalk Man. He gave Eddie the idea for the drawings: a way to leave secret messages for his friends and it was fun, until the chalk men led them to a body. Thirty years later, Ed believes the past is far behind him, until an envelope slips through the letterbox.

It contains a stick of chalk, and a drawing of a figure. Is history going to repeat itself? Was it ever really over? Will this game only end in the same way?

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The Sunday Times bestseller 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

'There are shades of Stephen King in this very creepy timeslip' - Guardian

'A frightening Stephen King-esque coming-of-age story cum murder mystery' - Daily Telegraph

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

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

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

'Wonderfully creepy … Like a cold blade on the back of your neck' - Lee Child