C. J. Tudor

Welcome to Chapel Croft. For Rev Jack Brooks and teenage daughter Flo it's supposed to be a fresh start. New job, new home. But, as Jack knows, the past isn't easily forgotten. And in a close-knit community where the residents seem as proud as they are haunted by Chapel Croft's history, Jack must tread carefully. Ancient superstitions as well as a mistrust of outsiders will be hard to overcome.

Yet right away Jack has more frightening concerns. Why is Flo plagued by visions of burning girls? Who's sending them sinister, threatening messages? And why did no one mention that the last vicar killed himself? 

Chapel Croft's secrets lie deep and dark as the tomb. Jack wouldn't touch them if not for Flo. But the past is catching up with Chapel Croft - and with Jack.

In 1986, Eddie and his friends spend their days biking around their sleepy English village, looking for any taste of excitement they can get. The chalk men are their secret code: little chalk stick figures they leave for one another as messages only they can understand. But then a mysterious chalk man leads them right to a dismembered body, and nothing is ever the same...

Prepare for the big chill . . . An overturned coach full of students. A stranded cable car full of strangers. An isolated chalet full of friends. Outside, a snowstorm rages. Inside one group, a killer lurks. But which one? And why is no rescue coming? What are they trying to escape from? And who are the terrifying Whistlers? A locked-room mystery. A dystopian thriller. A nail-shredding horror. One mind-bending twist.

A small Alaskan town. A missing boy. A brutal murder. A detective brought in from out of state to assist the former sherriff who investigated a similar murder twenty-five years ago. But are they hunting a twisted psychopath - or something even more terrifying?

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...

This Halloween prepare to be terrified with C. J. Tudor's first collection of short stories. Featuring eleven twisted tales of the macabre, including: The Lion at the Gate in which a strange piece of graffiti leads to a terrifying encounter for four school friends . . . Butterfly Island which tells the story of a group of survivors who wash up on a deserted island and make a horrifying discovery . . . Gloria where a cold-hearted killer encounters a strange young girl at a motorway service station with unexpected consequences . . .