It arrived in my inbox just over a month ago. Surprising really that it didn't get shunted straight into junk. Sender- MSG@hotmail.com Subject- Annie 'I know what happened to your sister. It's happening again.' Because when my sister was eight years old, she disappeared. At the time, I thought it was the worst thing that could ever happen. And then she came back . . .

Author Biography

C. J. Tudor was born in Salisbury and grew up in Nottingham, where she still lives with her partner and young daughter. Her love of writing, especially the dark and macabre, started young. When her peers were reading Judy Blume, she was devouring Stephen King and James Herbert. Over the years she has had a variety of jobs, including trainee reporter, radio scriptwriter, dog walker, voiceover artist, television presenter, copywriter and, now, author. Her first novel, The Chalk Man, was a Sunday Times bestseller and sold in thirty-nine territories.