Starting in 1986, the book follows Eddie “Munster” Adams, who spends his days biking around a sleepy English village exchanging secret codes via little chalk stick figures with his friends. We hear a network deal for The Chalk Man is close. The Chalk Man changed that.'The Bridge' Creator Hans Rosenfeldt Says He Is "Not Really Watching Crime Shows At The Moment" As He Talks Up His Big-Budget Fantasy Epic 'Ronja The Robber's Daughter' “I haven’t had a sleepless night due to a book for a long time. “If you can’t get enough of psychological thrillers with sharp twists and turns, you need to read The Chalk Man” - Hello Giggles Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window The Chalk Man is a dream novel, a book of nightmares: haunted and haunting, shot through with shadow and light-a story to quicken the pulse and freeze the blood. Tudor never misses a beat in showing each character as both a child and an adult while also exploring the foreboding environs of a small town.” -Associated Press The Chalk Man fits well with other stories about troubled childhoods such as Stephen King’s novella Stand by Me. “An assured debut that alternates between 19 with unpredictable twists. “Wonderfully creepy-like a cold blade on the back of your neck.” -Lee Child Because in this town, everyone has secrets, no one is innocent, and some will do anything to bury the truth. But digging into the past proves more dangerous than he could have known. When one of them is killed, Eddie realizes that saving himself means figuring out what happened all those years ago. Soon he learns that all his old friends received the same note. In 2016, Eddie is nursing a drinking problem and trying to forget his past, until one day he gets a letter containing a chalk man-the same one he and his friends saw when they found the body. They follow the message, only to find the dead body of a teenage girl. But one morning the friends find a chalk man leading them to the woods.
The chalk men are their secret code, stick figures they draw for one another as hidden messages. In 1986, Eddie and his friends are on the verge of adolescence, spending their days biking in search of adventure.
WINNER OF THE STRAND MAGAZINE AWARD FOR BEST DEBUT NOVELĪ riveting psychological suspense debut that weaves a mystery about a childhood game gone dangerously awry, and will keep readers guessing right up to the shocking ending.If you like my stuff, you’ll like this.”-Stephen King
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