The Gathering: from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Chalk Man and The Burning Girls By C. J. Tudor

THE BESTSELLING QUEEN OF HORROR TURNS HER HAND TO VAMPIRES . . .

WELCOME TO DEADHART. ALASKA. POPULATION 673. LIVING.
‘Britain’s female Stephen King’ Daily Mail
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A boy is found with his throat ripped out,
the blood drained from his body. It’s not the first
such killing, and the town knows who to blame:
the vampyr colony in the mountains.

But out-of-state detective Barbara Atkins think the evidence
doesn’t stack up. People are lying.
And Deadhart has a history of dark secrets.

The snow keeps falling, but so do the victims.
Time is running out for Barbara.
Is she hunting a cold-blooded murderer,
or a bloodthirsty monster?

And which does she fear most?
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Praise for The Gathering
‘A crime thriller with a vampiric twist. What a cracking read and such assured writing. She just gets better and better!’ Sarah Pinborough
‘Incredibly exciting novel, tightly plotted and brilliantly tense, with an atmosphere you could eat with a spoon’ Stuart Turton
‘Tensely told’ Finanical Times
‘Tudor slays with this brilliantly imaginative take on the vampire genre’ John Marrs

Praise for C. J. Tudor:

‘A truly terrifying, ice-cold chiller from the master of macabre. C.J. Tudor should be on everyone’s must-read list’ Chris Whitaker

‘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

‘C. J. Tudor is terrific. I can’t wait to see what she does next’ Harlan Coben

‘Britain’s female Stephen King’ Daily Mail

‘Some writers have it, and some don’t. C. J. Tudor has it big time’ Lee Child

‘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

‘A dark star is born’ A. J. Finn

C.J.Tudor, Sunday Times bestseller, November 2023