The Chalk Man

‘WONDERFULLY CREEPY – LIKE A COLD BLADE ON THE BACK OF YOUR NECK’ LEE CHILD
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SOON TO BE A MAJOR BBC DRAMA

It was only meant to be a game . . .

None of us ever agreed on the exact beginning.

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

‘A must-read’ Daily Express

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

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

‘A frightening Stephen King-esque coming-of-age story cum murder mystery’ Daily Telegraph, BOOKS OF THE YEAR

‘There are shades of Stephen King when the reality bends into the sinister, and a deliciously creepy finale’ Daily Mail

‘Deliciously creepy with a side order of Eighties nostalgia’ Good Housekeeping