The Chalk Man audiobook by C.J. Tudor
Narrated by Euan Morton (2018)
In 1986, Eddie and his friends are on the verge of adolescence, spending their days biking around their quiet English village of Anderbury. The chalk men are their secret code—stick figures they draw for one another as hidden messages. But one morning the friends follow a chalk man into the woods, only to find the dead body of a teenage girl. In 2016, Eddie is nursing a drinking problem and trying to forget the past, until a letter arrives containing a single chalk figure. When he learns that all his old friends received the same note—and one of them turns up dead—Eddie realizes that saving himself means uncovering what really happened all those years ago.
The Chalk Man won the ITW Thriller Award for Best First Novel, the Strand Magazine Award for Best Debut Novel, and the Barry Award. It is C.J. Tudor's debut novel.
Audiobook review
AudioFile Magazine reviewed Euan Morton's narration:
"Euan Morton deftly narrates this psychological thriller as it shifts back and forth in time. [...] Morton portrays young Eddie with soft vulnerability and a measured cadence; in contrast, his adult Eddie carries the weight of years in a hardened, sardonic voice as an old friend stirs up the past. Morton's skill lets the listener know where the story is at all times. His performance grounds the disjointed plot and captures the pathos of Eddie's search for answers in his murky past."— AudioFile Magazine (audiobook review, 2018)
Stephen King recommended the book on Twitter on February 20, 2018:
"Want to read something good? You won't find it on the front bestseller table at your bookstore, but it's new, and will be there. THE CHALK MAN, by C.J. Tudor. If you like my stuff, you'll like this."— Stephen King (@StephenKing), February 20, 2018
Critical praise for the book
About C.J. Tudor
C.J. Tudor was born in Salisbury and grew up in Nottingham, England, where she still lives. She has worked as a trainee reporter, radio scriptwriter, dog walker, voiceover artist, television presenter, and copywriter. The Chalk Man is her debut novel, for which she subsequently won the ITW Thriller Award for Best First Novel, the Strand Critics Award for Best Debut Novel, and the Barry Award. She has since published The Hiding Place (2019), The Other People (2020), The Burning Girls (2021), A Sliver of Darkness (2022), and The Drift (2023).
C.J. Tudor is on Facebook and Instagram.
Publication Details
The Chalk Man
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