The Chalk Man

IT WAS ONLY MEANT TO BE A GAME . . .

None of us ever agreed on when it started.

Was it when we started drawing the chalk figures, or when they started to appear on their own?

Was it the terrible accident?

Or when they found the first body?

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, SHORTLISTED FOR A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD & THE STEEL DAGGER, BEST THRILLER AWARD, SOON TO BE A MAJOR BBC DRAMA

'WONDERFULLY CREEPY - LIKE A COLD BLADE ON THE BACK OF YOUR NECK' LEE CHILD

'If you like my stuff, you'll like this' Stephen King

'A tense gripper with a leave-the-lights-on shock ending' Sunday Times

'Sent shivers down my spine. Brilliant book from start to finish' 5***** Reader Review

'A must-read' Daily Express

'I couldn't tear myself away' 5***** Reader Review

'There are shades of Stephen King in this very creepy timeslip' Guardian, BOOKS OF THE YEAR

'Reality bends into the sinister . . . a deliciously creepy finale' Daily Mail