The Chalk Man

◎知名作家、讀者一致好評！連重度懸疑小說讀者都會被嚇到！「我已經很久沒有失眠了，但這本書改變了這個事實，恭喜C.J.杜鐸！」－－《只有她知道》作者／費歐娜‧巴頓「出乎意料的情節不停地出現，直到最後一頁」－－Netgalley 評論，五顆星「非常精彩，這本書會在半夜依然揪著你的心，攪亂你的大腦」－－Netgalley 評論，五顆星是我們創造出粉筆人？還是粉筆人自己出現了？一九八六年，艾迪還是青少年，和一群好友們成天騎著腳踏車到處找刺激，粉筆人是他們的暗號，因為當時他們用粉筆寫下訊息傳達給其他人，某一天，他們如往常尋著粉筆留下的訊息，沒想到卻找到了一個被肢解的屍體……二零一六年，艾迪已是成人，離開了家鄉，以為自己也離開了那個他不願想起的過去，直到某天，他收到了一封信，信裡面只有一個粉筆人的圖像，他心想應該是某人無聊的惡作劇吧，但卻收到好友中的某個已經過世的消息，艾迪才知道必須要去找出那天究竟發生了什麼事才能得到救贖。The Chalk Man is coming . . . PREORDER NOW.IF YOU ONLY READ ONE BOOK THIS YEAR MAKE IT THIS ONE. THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER . . .'If you like my stuff, you'll like this' STEPHEN KING'Wonderfully creepy - like a cold blade on the back of your neck' LEE CHILD'A tense gripper with a leave-the-lights-on shock ending' Sunday Times'There are shades of Stephen King when the reality bends into the sinister, and a deliciously creepy finale' Daily MailYou can feel it in the woods, in the school and in the playground; you can feel it in the houses and at the fairground. You can feel it in most places in the small town of Anderbury . . . the fear that something or someone is watching you.It began back in 1986, at the fair, on the day of the accident. That was when twelve-year-old Eddie met Mr Halloran - the Chalk Man.He gave Eddie the idea for the drawings: a way to leave secret messages for his friends and it was fun, until the chalk men led them to a body.Thirty years later, Ed believes the past is far behind him, until an envelope slips through the letterbox. It contains a stick of chalk, and a drawing of a figure.Is history going to repeat itself?Was it ever really over?Will this game only end in the same way?'[I] haven't had a sleepless night due to a book in a long time. The Chalk Man changed that' Fiona Barton, bestselling author of The Widow and The Child'Completely engrossing. Reminiscent of those unsettling Stephen King stories of childhood' John Boyne author of The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas'A must-read' Daily Express'Deliciously creepy with a side order of Eighties nostalgia' Good Housekeeping'Plenty of plot twists and an evocative portrait of small-town-life in the 1980s . . . a riveting read' GuardianNow in chilling audio, narrated by the acclaimed actor ANDREW SCOTT, known for his roles in Spectre and Sherlock. ASA BUTTERFIELD known for Hugo and The Boy in Striped Pyjamas also stars as twelve-year-old Eddie.