Burning Girls

The Burning Girls is a darkly compelling novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Chalk Man, The Taking of Annie Thorne, and The Other People. It is a gothic, spine-tingling roller-coaster of a story that follows Rev Jack Brooks and his teenage daughter Flo as they move into a new home in Chapel Croft, a close-knit community where the residents are proud and haunted by its history. When Flo is plagued by visions of burning girls and receives sinister messages, Jack must tread carefully to protect her from the past that is catching up with Chapel Croft. The novel is praised for its atmosphere of menace, its shocks, and its surprise twist for a finale.

Format: Hardback
Length: 400 pages
Publication date: 21 January 2021
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

The darkly compelling new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Chalk Man, The Taking of Annie Thorne, and The Other People, soon to be a major TV series. Hypnotic and horrifying. Without doubt her best yet, The Burning Girls left me sleeping with the lights on.

CHRIS WHITAKER, bestselling author of Waterstones Thriller of the Month. We Begin at the End. A gothic, spine-tingling roller-coaster of a story. CJ Tudor is a master of horror.

C.J. COOKE, author of The Nesting. 500 years ago: eight martyrs were burnt to death. 30 years ago: two teenagers vanished without trace. Two months ago: the vicar committed suicide. 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—anything to protect Flo. But the past is catching up with Chapel Croft—and with Jack. For old ghosts with scores to settle will never rest.

Tudor operates on the border between credulity and disbelief, creating an atmosphere of menace. Sunday Times. A mesmerising and atmospheric page-turner, with plenty of shocks and a surprise twist for a finale. Her.

Weight: 622g
Dimension: 164 x 240 x 39 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780241371305