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This was a Traveling Sister Read and we all had mixed feelings about this book. I am just happy that I ended up loving it.

The result of my first foray into C.J. Tudor’s world, a story teetering on the precipice of being something truly great. One little nudge—or in this case, more in regards to the why—would have sent this novel toppling end-over-end into favorite territory. The ending wasn’t what I thought either. It was a satisfying finale to the plot but not to the teacher.....or the one female I thought connected to him.

This is the second book I’ve read by C.J. Tudor. While I wasn’t a huge fan of her previous work, The Chalk Man I was ready to try again. I really wanted to love this one. Unfortunately this book also ended up falling a little flat for me. I do like my thrillers dark but this one went just a bit too far over that line.

It is so thrilling and the book is unputdownable, but also it contains numerous beautiful (or just awesome) sentences. I’m still ruminating about the ending, I have some questions that I’d really like answers to, but perhaps that is the author’s intent. I recommend this to anyone who loves intelligent, character driven mysteries, with some added “chill” factors.WOW WOW WOW! CJ Tudor’s follow-up to her impressive debut is superbly chilling and delightfully creepy. Smartly written and brilliantly plotted, here is a book that crawls under your skin and hooks on until you reach that jaw-dropping ending." - C J Cooke

Shows that her excellent The Chalk Man was no one-off in matching Stephen King for creepiness' Sunday Express The whole time, I was sure this would be one of those psychological thrillers, but it is actually a real, blood curling horror. Before I say anything, let me tell y'all that I love CJ Tudor. I think her writing style is very unique and she does an incredible job in setting a very nostalgic and mysterious tone in her books. I've only read two books by her (because she's written only two lol) yet she is (one of) my all time favourite author. I have to stress out here that I have never read a book written by Mr. King, but I’ve watched movies based on his stories. I'm left wondering why, up until now, I haven't felt compelled to read Tudor's debut novel The Chalk Man, which I promptly corrected by adding to my tbr list upon completion of this book.Dark and twisty; and as with THE CHALK MAN, somewhat reminiscent of a Stephen King read, but with her own skittering chittering flair.