Looking back, it all started on the day of the fair and the terrible accident. When twelve-year-old Eddie first met the Chalk Man.
It was the Chalk Man who gave Eddie the idea for the drawings: a way to leave secret messages between his group of friends.
And it was fun, to start with, until the figures led them to the body of a young girl.
That was thirty years ago and Ed thought the past was behind him. Then he receives a letter containing just two things: a piece of chalk, and a drawing of a stick figure. As history begins to repeat itself, Ed realises the game was never over . . .
Everyone has secrets.
Everyone is guilty of something.
And children are not always so innocent.
C. J. Tudor was born in Salisbury and grew up in Nottingham, where she still lives with her partner and young daughter.
She left school at sixteen and has had a variety of jobs over the years, including trainee reporter, radio scriptwriter, shop assistant, ad agency copywriter and voiceover.
In the early nineties, she fell into a job as a television presenter for a show on Channel 4 called Moviewatch. Although a terrible presenter, she got to interview acting legends such as Sigourney Weaver, Michael Douglas, Emma Thompson and Robin Williams. She also annoyed Tim Robbins by asking a question about Susan Sarandon’s breasts and was extremely flattered when Robert Downey Junior showed her his chest.
While writing the Chalk Man she ran a dog-walking business, walking over twenty dogs a week as well as looking after her little girl.
She’s been writing since she was a child but only knuckled down to it properly in her thirties. Her English teacher once told her that if she ‘did not become Prime Minister or a best-selling author’ he would be ‘very disappointed.’
The Chalk Man was inspired by a tub of chalks a friend bought for her daughter’s second birthday. One afternoon they drew chalk figures all over the driveway. Later that night she opened the back door to be confronted by weird stick men everywhere. In the dark, they looked incredibly sinister. She called to her partner: ‘These chalk men look really creepy in the dark . . .’
She is never knowingly over-dressed. She has never owned a handbag and the last time she wore heels (twelve years ago) she broke a tooth.
She loves The Killers, Foo Fighters and Frank Turner. Her favourite venue is Rock City.
Her favourite films are Ghostbusters and The Lost Boys. Her favourite authors are Stephen King, Michael Marshall and Harlan Coben.
She is SO glad she was a teenager in the eighties.
She firmly believes that there are no finer meals than takeaway pizza and champagne, or chips with curry sauce after a night out.
Everyone calls her Caz.
豆瓣评价上只有6分,但个人感觉没有大家认为的那么烂。不过老实说,要把此书作为推理小说看必然会大失所望的,当做一般的悬疑小说看看还比较好一些,不知道算不算女作家的通病?(非歧视) 故事分为1986和2016年双线进行,不过和日系不一样,根本就没有那种XXX诡计之类的。1986...
评分豆瓣评价上只有6分,但个人感觉没有大家认为的那么烂。不过老实说,要把此书作为推理小说看必然会大失所望的,当做一般的悬疑小说看看还比较好一些,不知道算不算女作家的通病?(非歧视) 故事分为1986和2016年双线进行,不过和日系不一样,根本就没有那种XXX诡计之类的。1986...
评分豆瓣评价上只有6分,但个人感觉没有大家认为的那么烂。不过老实说,要把此书作为推理小说看必然会大失所望的,当做一般的悬疑小说看看还比较好一些,不知道算不算女作家的通病?(非歧视) 故事分为1986和2016年双线进行,不过和日系不一样,根本就没有那种XXX诡计之类的。1986...
评分豆瓣评价上只有6分,但个人感觉没有大家认为的那么烂。不过老实说,要把此书作为推理小说看必然会大失所望的,当做一般的悬疑小说看看还比较好一些,不知道算不算女作家的通病?(非歧视) 故事分为1986和2016年双线进行,不过和日系不一样,根本就没有那种XXX诡计之类的。1986...
评分豆瓣评价上只有6分,但个人感觉没有大家认为的那么烂。不过老实说,要把此书作为推理小说看必然会大失所望的,当做一般的悬疑小说看看还比较好一些,不知道算不算女作家的通病?(非歧视) 故事分为1986和2016年双线进行,不过和日系不一样,根本就没有那种XXX诡计之类的。1986...
作者的文字功底可见一斑,每一句话都像是经过精心打磨的,带着一种独特的韵味。我喜欢他塑造的那些充满层次感的角色,他们并非完美无瑕,反而因为自己的缺点和挣扎而显得更加真实。故事中弥漫着一种挥之不去的忧伤感,这种忧伤并非是无病呻吟,而是源于对人性弱点的深刻洞察。我发现,那些看似微不足道的细节,往往是解开整个故事谜团的关键。每一次阅读,似乎都能从中发现新的东西,这种反复阅读的价值,是很多快餐式读物所无法比拟的。这本书,在我看来,是一次关于记忆、真相和救赎的深刻旅程。
评分这本书的封面设计就透着一股阴郁而又引人入胜的神秘感,像是直接从某个被遗忘的角落里挖出来的一样。初次翻开,就被那浓烈的氛围感所吸引,作者仿佛是一位技艺精湛的催眠师,用文字一点点地编织出一张网,将读者牢牢地困在其中。故事的开端,那些不经意间出现的、细微却又异常令人不安的线索,就像是散落在阴影里的碎石,每一块都暗示着背后隐藏着巨大的秘密。我特别喜欢作者对环境的细腻描绘,那种潮湿、陈旧、带着历史痕迹的乡村气息,配合着人物内心的焦虑和不安,简直是天衣无缝。读的时候,我常常会不自觉地屏住呼吸,生怕惊扰了潜伏在故事深处的某种东西。那种感觉,就像是在黑暗中行走,只能依靠微弱的光线摸索前行,每一次的触碰都可能揭开更深层的未知。
评分阅读这本书的过程,就像是在解开一个极其复杂的谜题,每一个章节都像是被小心翼翼地打开了一个小盒子,里面装着的不是现成的答案,而是更多的问题和指向。作者似乎特别擅长利用角色的视角来引导读者的情绪,那种身临其境的体验,让我完全沉浸在故事的脉络中。我注意到,角色们之间的互动,那些看似平常的对话,其实都充满了潜台词和未说出口的意图,这使得整个故事的张力十足。我不得不反复回溯前面的情节,试图捕捉那些被忽略的细节,因为我知道,在作者精心设计的叙事里,没有任何一个字是多余的。这种悬念的营造,不仅仅是关于“谁是凶手”的疑问,更是一种对人性深处黑暗的探索,让人在阅读的过程中,不断审视自己对善恶的认知。
评分这本书的叙事节奏把握得非常到位,时而缓慢而压抑,时而又突然加速,将人抛入一个又一个意想不到的境地。我尤其欣赏作者在处理人物关系上的深度,那些曾经的友情、亲情,在时间的侵蚀和秘密的笼罩下,显得如此脆弱而复杂。读到一些片段的时候,我甚至能感受到角色内心的撕裂和挣扎,那种无声的呐喊,仿佛就在耳边回响。这本书不仅仅是在讲一个关于过去的故事,更是在探讨那些埋藏在心底的创伤是如何影响着我们现在的生活。它像一面镜子,照出了每个人内心深处可能存在的阴影,让人在掩卷之时,久久不能平静。
评分这本书给我的感觉,与其说是一个简单的悬疑故事,不如说是一场深入人心的心理探索。作者并没有急于给出答案,而是耐心地引导读者去感受角色的情感波动,去理解他们为何会做出某些选择。我发现,那些童年记忆的碎片,在故事中扮演着至关重要的角色,它们就像是散落在时间长河中的遗物,每一件都承载着被遗忘的真相。随着故事的深入,我开始对现实与回忆之间的界限产生了怀疑,到底什么才是真实存在的,什么又是被内心扭曲的映像?这种模糊不清的界定,恰恰是这本书最迷人的地方,它迫使我跳出传统的叙事框架,去思考更深层次的意义。
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