#Blogtour #Review: The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor @cjtudor @MichaelJBooks @JennyPlatt90 #TheChalkMan17/1/2018 Release date - 11th January 2018
Book length - 342 pages Publisher - Michael Joseph Book Depository - www.bookdepository.com Amazon UK - www.amazon.co.uk Amazon US - www.amazon.com I want to thank Jenny from Michael Joseph Books for the opportunity to take part in this blog tour and for providing me with a copy of this book for review. ABOUT THE BOOK In 1986, Eddie and his friends are just kids on the verge of adolescence. They spend their days biking around their sleepy little English village and looking for any taste of excitement they can get. The chalk men are their secret code; little chalk stick figures they leave for each other as messages only they can understand. But then a mysterious chalk man leads them right to a dismembered body, and nothing will ever be the same. In 2016, Eddie is fully grown, and thinks he's put his past behind him. But then he gets a letter in the mail, containing a single chalk stick figure. When it turns out his other friends got the same messages, they think it could be a prank... until one of them turns up dead. That's when Eddie realizes that saving himself means finally figuring out what really happened all those years ago. Expertly alternating between flashbacks and the present day, The Chalk Man is the very best kind of suspense novel, one where every character is wonderfully fleshed out and compelling, where every mystery has a satisfying payoff, and where the twists will shock even the savviest reader. MY REVIEW I heard a lot about THE CHALK MAN by C.J. Tudor before I picked it up and it seemed to be everywhere on my twitter feed and Facebook timeline which always leaves me a little anxious when I finally pick the book up to read myself - what if it doesn't live up to the hype? But I can safely say it does live up to its reputation and even surpasses it in my opinion. From a group of kids in 1986 who discover a grisly scene to the adults they have become in the present, this gripping story bends and weaves its way through lies, murder, threats, and unexpected secrets, as the truth about what happened all those years ago finally comes to light. Tense and at times, dark and uncomfortable, there are also moments of nostalgia for an innocent childhood before it all slowly started to go wrong. This story will make you squirm, and make your heart thud harder in your chest, and I devoured it in one go as I just had to know how it all would end. I am purposely not going into too much detail in this review because THE CHALK MAN by C.J. Tudor is a book that you simply must experience for yourself. A superb novel and I look forward to more from this exceptional author. Author Bio: C. J. Tudor was born in Salisbury and grew up in Nottingham, where she still lives with her partner and young daughter. She left school at sixteen and has had a variety of jobs over the years, including trainee reporter, radio scriptwriter, shop assistant, ad agency copywriter and voiceover. In the early nineties, she fell into a job as a television presenter for a show on Channel 4 called Moviewatch. Although a terrible presenter, she got to interview acting legends such as Sigourney Weaver, Michael Douglas, Emma Thompson and Robin Williams. She also annoyed Tim Robbins by asking a question about Susan Sarandon’s breasts and was extremely flattered when Robert Downey Junior showed her his chest. While writing the Chalk Man she ran a dog-walking business, walking over twenty dogs a week as well as looking after her little girl. She’s been writing since she was a child but only knuckled down to it properly in her thirties. Her English teacher once told her that if she ‘did not become Prime Minister or a best-selling author’ he would be ‘very disappointed.’ The Chalk Man was inspired by a tub of chalks a friend bought for her daughter’s second birthday. One afternoon they drew chalk figures all over the driveway. Later that night she opened the back door to be confronted by weird stick men everywhere. In the dark, they looked incredibly sinister. She called to her partner: ‘These chalk men look really creepy in the dark . . .’ She is never knowingly over-dressed. She has never owned a handbag and the last time she wore heels (twelve years ago) she broke a tooth. She loves The Killers, Foo Fighters and Frank Turner. Her favourite venue is Rock City. Her favourite films are Ghostbusters and The Lost Boys. Her favourite authors are Stephen King, Michael Marshall and Harlan Coben. She is SO glad she was a teenager in the eighties. She firmly believes that there are no finer meals than takeaway pizza and champagne, or chips with curry sauce after a night out. Everyone calls her Caz. For more information: Twitter - twitter.com/cjtudor Facebook - www.facebook.com/CJTudorOfficial DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUT ALL OF THE OTHER STOPS ALONG THE WAY!!
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