The Drift

THE HEART-POUNDING NEW NOVEL FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE CHALK MAN AND RICHARD & JUDY PICK THE BURNING GIRLS 'The wildest thriller of the year is three thrillers in one. Buckle up' LINWOOD BARCLAY 'An exceptional thriller. Original, high-octane plot, jaw-dropping twists . . . A writer at the top of her game' CLAIRE DOUGLAS 'Sublimely executed, this is a dystopian thriller of real class' DAILY MAIL 'A truly terrifying, ice-cold chiller from the master of macabre. C.J. Tudor should be on everyone's must-read list' CHRIS WHITAKER _________ Survival can be murder . . . Hannah awakens to carnage, all mangled metal and shattered glass. Evacuated from a secluded boarding school during a snowstorm, her coach careered off the road, trapping her with a handful of survivors. Meg awakens to a gentle rocking. She's in a cable car stranded high above snowy mountains, with five strangers and no memory of how they got on board. Carter is gazing out of the window of an isolated ski chalet that he and his companions call home. As their generator begins to waver in the storm, the threat of something lurking in the chalet's depths looms larger. Outside, the storm rages. Inside each group, a killer lurks. But who? And will anyone make it out alive? . . . _________ 'Chilling . . . Her most complex and terrifying yet. [A] fast-paced and captivating thrill ride. You'll be on tenterhooks throughout' SUNDAY EXPRESS 'Tudor has a lot of scary, horror-tinged fun' OBSERVER 'Fast-paced with twists and thrills, this brutally chilling novel will keep you on tenterhooks' CRIME MONTHLY 'Taut, action-packed and oh-so-clever, this thrilling rollercoaster of a ride takes the reader on a journey into the frozen unknown' FIONA CUMMINS 'Whoa! I raced through this in a couple of days. SO good, SO gripping, SO clever. A runaway train of a book' JANE FALLON Praise for C. J. Tudor: 'C. J. Tudor is terrific. I can't wait to see what she does next' Harlan Coben 'Britain's female Stephen King' Daily Mail 'A mesmerizingly chilling and atmospheric page-turner' J.P. Delaney 'Her books have the ability to simultaneously make you unable to stop reading while wishing you could bury the book somewhere deep underground where it can't be found. Compelling and haunting' Sunday Express 'Some writers have it, and some don't. C. J. Tudor has it big time' Lee Child 'A dark star is born' A. J. Finn

About the Author :
C. J. Tudor's 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 has sold in over forty countries. Her second novel, The Taking of Annie Thorne, was also a Sunday Times bestseller as was her third novel The Other People. Her fourth novel, The Burning Girls, is out now in hardback.

Review :
An exceptional thriller that blew me away with its original, high-octane plot, jaw-dropping twists and characters I cared about. When I wasn't reading The Drift I was thinking about it. A writer at the top of her game A truly terrifying, ice-cold chiller from the master of macabre. C.J. Tudor should be on everyone's must-read list Chilling . . . Her most complex and terrifying yet. The three intriguing locked-room mysteries in an eerie end-of-the-world setting provide the springboard for an enjoyable, fast-paced and captivating thrill ride. You'll be on tenterhooks throughout as the story builds inexorably to a grand reveal and a shocking finale C.J. Tudor is a genre fiction pioneer. With every new book, she manages to achieve what most writers can only dream of, and The Drift is no exception. Taut, action-packed and oh-so-clever, this thrilling rollercoaster of a ride takes the reader on a journey into the frozen unknown Whoa! I raced through this in a couple of days. SO good, SO gripping, SO clever. A runaway train of a book Sublimely executed, this is a dystopian thriller of real class. Fast-paced with twists and thrills, this brutally chilling novel will keep you on tenterhooks Atmospheric, with suspense dialled up to the max, and at times heavily claustrophobic, this is a page-turner which flirts heavily with horror and delivers on all counts A chilling, captivating thrill ride Fast-paced atmospheric story Tudor has a lot of scary, horror-tinged fun Without fail, CJ delivers every single time. The Drift is a tense, nail biting thriller that's smart, gripping and brilliantly twisty. Faultless. Absolutely raced through it...An action-packed and chilling horror thriller that's like Station Eleven re-crafted by John Carpenter Wow! Very clever, mysterious and thrilling with twists and turns that will smack you in the face like many evil snowballs Heart-poundingly mysterious, breathtakingly twisty, and emotive like a sucker-punch to the chest. The Drift is unputdownable! In this tour de force from Tudor (The Burning Girls), a postapocalyptic thriller, a haven called the Retreat, which has been constructed for a select few in the wake of a devastating new plague, proves to be not much of a haven. Some of those in residence at the mountainside facility begin to disappear, even as vital supplies go missing and power outages increase, leading up to the discovery of a body floating in the recreational pool. Meanwhile, a cable car transporting a group to the Retreat is stranded mid-journey; its occupants, including Meg, a former homicide cop, are stunned to find they're trapped with a corpse, whom Meg recognizes. And a second group also faces a threat to their lives; Hannah Grant has been evacuated from a boarding school, but the bus she's in crashes, possibly not by accident, trapping her and several others. Tudor shifts among the three situations, teasing a common link, and gradually ratchets up the pressure on his characters as they try to preserve their humanity while surviving. This is a masterpiece of its kind. A captivating thrill ride A gripping tale Praise for C. J. Tudor Some writers have it and some don't. C. J. Tudor has it big time C. J. Tudor is terrific. I can't wait to see what she does next If you like my stuff, you'll like this Britain's female Stephen King Taut, tense and deliciously dark, C.J. Tudor's post-apocalyptic thrill ride is unmissable