Description
| Product ID: | 9781405939652 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Burning Girls |
| Subtitle: | Now a major Paramount+ TV series starring Samantha Morton and Ruby Stokes |
| Authors: | Author: C. J. Tudor |
| Page Count: | 416 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Crime and mystery fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction, Horror and supernatural fiction, Crime & mystery, Thriller / suspense, Horror & ghost stories |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating ** NOW A PARAMOUNT+ ORIGINAL SERIES STARRING SAMANTHA MORTON AND RUBY STOKES** The chilling RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Chalk ManIf you see the Burning Girls something bad will befall you... 'A mesmerising and atmospheric page-turner, with plenty of shocks and a surprise twist for a finale. Her best novel yet' SUNDAY EXPRESS'Hypnotic and horrifying . . . Without doubt her best yet, The Burning Girls left me sleeping with the lights on' CHRIS WHITAKER_________500 years ago: eight martyrs burned30 years ago: two teenagers vanishedTwo months ago: a vicar died mysteriouslyWelcome to Chapel Croft. For Rev Jack Brooks and teenage daughter Flo it's a fresh start. New job, new home. But in a close-knit community old superstitions and a mistrust of outsiders mean treading carefully. Yet right away Jack has more frightening concerns. Why did no one say the last vicar killed himself? Why is Flo plagued by visions of burning girls? And who is sending them threatening messages?Old ghosts with scores to settle can never rest. And Jack is standing in their way . . . _________'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'The best book yet from C. J. Tudor' BestPraise 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. Tudor has it big time' Lee Child'A dark star is born' A. J. Finn ** NOW A PARAMOUNT+ ORIGINAL SERIES STARRING SAMANTHA MORTON AND RUBY STOKES** |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-09-16 |