«¿Quieres leer algo bueno? Si te gusta lo que escribo, te gustará El Hombre de Tiza, de C. J. Tudor.»
STEPHEN KING

Un thriller oscuro e inteligente.

Uno de los mejores libros de 2018 para The Guardian.

Hay juegos que solo tienen un final posible

Echando la vista atrás, todo comenzó el día del terrible accidente durante la feria, cuando Eddie, de doce años, conoció al Hombre de Tiza.

Fue el Hombre de Tiza quien le dio la idea de los dibujos: una manera de dejar mensajes secretos entre el grupo de amigos.

Fue divertido hasta que los dibujos condujeron al cuerpo sin vida de una niña.

Sucedió hace treinta años y Ed pensaba que todo había quedado olvidado.

Sin embargo, recibe una carta que contiene solo dos cosas: una tiza y el dibujo de un muñeco.

La historia se repite y Ed se da cuenta de que el juego en realidad nunca terminó...

Todos tenemos secretos.
Todos somos culpables de algo.
Y los niños no son siempre tan inocentes como parecen.

La crítica ha dicho...
«Stephen King habla de ella, las ventas son estratosféricas... Todo gracias a un único libro, El Hombre de Tiza, una aterradora y brillante novela.»
El Mundo

«La británica C. J. Tudor se estrena a lo grande con El Hombre de Tiza, intriga sustentada en los fantasmas de la niñez, que puede ser un tiempo oscuro.»
La Vanguardia

«Una intriga psicológica brillante y bien resuelta.»
Lluís Fernández, La Razón

«Un nuevo gran talento. Tensión pura, un final escalofriante, magníficos personajes, giros inesperados... Poco más se le puede pedir a un buen thriller.»
Revista Mía

En los blogs...
«El Hombre de Tiza es una lectura que atrapa y dará mucho que hablar.»
Fly with paper wings

«Un libro que sorprende con una trama llamativa e inquietante, una historia que te encantará leer y que no soltarás hasta que termines.»
Estoy entre páginas

«Muy bien escrita, recomendable para pasar buenos ratos, ahora y hace tres décadas. No os la perdáis.»
Mis queridos sabuesos

«Me mantuvo despierta más de la cuenta y me enganchó desde el primer capítulo.»
Vera Books

«Una excelente trama que ha conseguido sorprenderme con unas páginas finales totalmente imprevisibles y que demuestran que la autora tiene mano.»
El templo de la lectura

THE HEART-POUNDING NEW NOVEL FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE CHALK MAN AND RICHARD & JUDY PICK THE BURNING GIRLS

'The wildest thriller of the year is three thrillers in one. Buckle up' LINWOOD BARCLAY
'An exceptional thriller. Original, high-octane plot, jaw-dropping twists . . . A writer at the top of her game' CLAIRE DOUGLAS
'Sublimely executed, this is a dystopian thriller of real class' DAILY MAIL
'A truly terrifying, ice-cold chiller from the master of macabre. C.J. Tudor should be on everyone's must-read list' CHRIS WHITAKER
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Survival can be murder . . .

Hannah awakens to carnage, all mangled metal and shattered glass. Evacuated from a secluded boarding school during a snowstorm, her coach careered off the road, trapping her with a handful of survivors.

Meg awakens to a gentle rocking. She's in a cable car stranded high above snowy mountains, with five strangers and no memory of how they got on board.

Carter is gazing out of the window of an isolated ski chalet that he and his companions call home. As their generator begins to waver in the storm, the threat of something lurking in the chalet's depths looms larger.

Outside, the storm rages. Inside each group, a killer lurks.

But who?

And will anyone make it out alive? . . .
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'Chilling . . . Her most complex and terrifying yet. [A] fast-paced and captivating thrill ride. You'll be on tenterhooks throughout' SUNDAY EXPRESS

'Tudor has a lot of scary, horror-tinged fun' OBSERVER

'Fast-paced with twists and thrills, this brutally chilling novel will keep you on tenterhooks' CRIME MONTHLY

'Taut, action-packed and oh-so-clever, this thrilling rollercoaster of a ride takes the reader on a journey into the frozen unknown' FIONA CUMMINS

'Whoa! I raced through this in a couple of days. SO good, SO gripping, SO clever. A runaway train of a book' JANE FALLON

'Tudor has a lot of scary, horror-tinged fun' OBSERVER

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.

THE CHILLING AND NAIL-BITING RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK WITH A SHOCKING TWIST

**The Burning Girls is currently in production for television by award-winning screenwriter Hans Rosenfeldt (creator of The Bridge and Marcella), starring Samantha Morton, Ruby Stokes (Bridgerton), Rupert Graves (Sherlock, Emma) and Conrad Khan (Peaky Blinders). It will debut on Paramount in 2023.**

'SOME WRITERS HAVE IT, AND SOME DON'T, C.J. TUDOR HAS IT BIG TIME' LEE CHILD
'A mesmerising and atmospheric page-turner. Her best novel yet' SUNDAY EXPRESS
'I was scared out of my mind' 5***** READER REVIEW
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When Rev Jack Brooks and teenage daughter Flo move to Chapel Croft, they're far from welcome.

The closed-off community, deeply suspicious of outsiders, is watching them carefully.

Yet Jack has more frightening concerns.

Rumours of the town's secrets are spreading like wildfire, while strange happenings haunt Jack and Flo's every move.

The past is catching up with Chapel Croft - and with Jack - and it's darker than anyone could have feared . . .
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'Hypnotic and horrifying . . . Without doubt her best yet, The Burning Girls left me sleeping with the lights on' CHRIS WHITAKER, bestselling author of Waterstones Thriller of the Month We Begin at the End

'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

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

'A dark star is born' A. J. Finn

IT WAS ONLY MEANT TO BE A GAME . . .

None of us ever agreed on when it started.

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, SHORTLISTED FOR A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD & THE STEEL DAGGER, BEST THRILLER AWARD, SOON TO BE A MAJOR BBC DRAMA

'WONDERFULLY CREEPY - LIKE A COLD BLADE ON THE BACK OF YOUR NECK' LEE CHILD

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

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

'Sent shivers down my spine. Brilliant book from start to finish' 5***** Reader Review

'A must-read' Daily Express

'I couldn't tear myself away' 5***** Reader Review

'There are shades of Stephen King in this very creepy timeslip' Guardian, BOOKS OF THE YEAR

'Reality bends into the sinister . . . a deliciously creepy finale' Daily Mail

'Hugely enjoyable and deliciously creepy' ALEX MICHAELIDES, author of THE SILENT PATIENT
'C. J. Tudor is terrific. I can't wait to see what she does next' HARLAN COBEN
'If you like my stuff, you'll like this' STEPHEN KING

THE CHILLING SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THAT WILL SEND SHIVERS DOWN YOUR SPINE . . .
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Driving home one night, Gabe sees the face of a little girl he knows in the rear window of the car in front.

She mouths one word - 'Daddy'. It's his five-year old daughter, Izzy.

He never sees her again.

The police believe she's dead. But three years later, Gabe still drives the roads, searching for the car that took Izzy, never giving up hope . . .

Meanwhile Fran and her daughter, Alice, aren't searching - but running.

Always one step ahead of the people who want to hurt them.

Because Fran knows the truth about Gabe's daughter.

And she knows what the people chasing her will do if they ever catch them . . .
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'A creepy, intense novel that drew me right in and never let go' Samantha Downing, author of MY LOVELY WIFE

'Tense and exhilarating!' 5***** Reviewer

'Darkly compelling . . . an utterly propulsive plot' T. M. LOGAN

'A mesmerizingly chilling and atmospheric page-turner' J.P. Delaney, author of THE GIRL BEFORE

'C. J. Tudor's best novel to date . . . utterly emotionally believable . . . gripping and thoroughly entertaining' Sarah Pinborough, author of BEHIND HER EYES

Praise for C. J. Tudor:

'Britain's female Stephen King' Daily Mail

'Some writers have it, and C. J. Tudor has it big time. The Taking of Annie Thorne is terrific in every way' Lee Child

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

'TERRIFIC IN EVERY WAY' LEE CHILD

The spine-tingling, sinister thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Chalk Man . . .
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One night, Annie disappeared.

There were searches, appeals. Everyone thought the worst.

And then, after 48 hours, she came back.

But she couldn't - or wouldn't - say what had happened to her.

Something happened to my sister. I can't explain what.

I just know that when she came back, she wasn't the same.

She wasn't my Annie.

I didn't want to admit, even to myself, that sometimes I was scared to death of my own little sister.
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'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's Bestseller Predictions 2019

'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 and The Girl Before

'Deliciously creepy . . . An absolute corker of a book' Riley Sager, bestselling author of The Last Time I Lied

'Tudor's 2018 The Chalk Man was a standout mystery novel with a fresh voice and a spooky plot. This is even better' Washington Post

Für die Pfarrerin Jack Brooks und ihre Tochter Flo sollte es ein Neustart sein: neuer Job, neues Zuhause. Aber Jack stößt auf eine eingeschworene Dorfgemeinschaft, in der Misstrauen gegenüber Fremden tief verwurzelt ist. Schon bald muss sie sich fragen: Wer schickt ihnen düstere Drohbotschaften? Und warum hat Flo Visionen von brennenden Mädchen? Chapel Crofts Geheimnisse liegen verborgen in einem dunklen Grab, aber nun kehren die alten Gespenster zurück – und sie werden keinen Frieden finden, bis sie nicht Vergeltung geübt haben ...

Beklemmend, unheimlich und Atem beraubend spannend – der neue Thriller von C.J. Tudor.

Assassinato e sinais misteriosos em uma trama para fãs de Stranger Things e Stephen King

Em 1986, Eddie e os amigos passam a maior parte dos dias andando de bicicleta pela pacata vizinhança em busca de aventuras. Os desenhos a giz são seu código secreto: homenzinhos rabiscados no asfalto; mensagens que só eles entendem. Mas um desenho misterioso leva o grupo de crianças até um corpo desmembrado e espalhado em um bosque. Depois disso, nada mais é como antes.

Em 2016, Eddie se esforça para superar o passado, até que um dia ele e os amigos de infância recebem um mesmo aviso: o desenho de um homem de giz enforcado. Quando um dos amigos aparece morto, Eddie tem certeza de que precisa descobrir o que de fato aconteceu trinta anos atrás.

Alternando habilidosamente entre presente e passado, O Homem de Giz traz o melhor do suspense: personagens maravilhosamente construídos, mistérios de prender o fôlego e reviravoltas que vão impressionar até os leitores mais escaldados.