The Other People by C. J. Tudor

The Other People

by C. J. Tudor

The chilling new novel and Sunday Times top 10 bestseller from the bestselling author of The Chalk Man and The Taking of Annie Thorne

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

'A mesmerizingly chilling and atmospheric page-turner'
J.P. Delaney, bestselling author of The Girl Before

Driving home one night, Gabe sees the face of a little girl he knows in the rear window of the car in front.
She mouths one word - 'Daddy'.

He never sees his five-year-old daughter, Izzy, again.

The police believe she's dead. But three years later, Gabe still drives the roads, searching for the car that took Izzy, never giving up hope . . .

Fran and her daughter, Alice, aren't searching - but running. Always one step ahead of the people who want to hurt them.

Because Fran knows the truth about Gabe's daughter - and she knows what those chasing her and Alice will do if they ever catch them . . .


'Hugely enjoyable and deliciously creepy' Alex Michaelides, author of The Silent Patient

'A creepy, intense novel that drew me right in and never let go' Samantha Downing, author of My Lovely Wife

'Utterly magnificent. Such a beautifully weaved and satisfyingly complex tale, with just the right level of spookiness' James Oswald, author of the Inspector McLean series

'Chilling and utterly gripping. Loved the twists and the well-drawn everyday details. A fantastic new book from the Queen of Creepy' Will Dean, author of Dark Pines

'A darkly compelling tale of justice, revenge and the darkness lurking at the edges of everyday life - with an utterly propulsive plot that makes it very, very hard to put down' T. M. Logan, author of The Holiday

'C. J. Tudor's best novel to date . . . utterly emotionally believable . . . gripping and thoroughly entertaining'
Sarah Pinborough, author of Behind Her Eyes

Praise for C. J. Tudor:

'If you like my stuff, you'll like this' Stephen King

'Britain's female Stephen King' Daily Mail

'Some writers have it, and C. J. Tudor has it big time. The Taking of Annie Thorne is terrific in every way' Lee Child

'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

Reviewed by Leah on

5 of 5 stars

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The Other People is hands down one of the best thrillers, best books, I have ever read. I was hooked from the very beginning, and I kept getting ridiculously excited about each new twist and turn, where I would shut the book for thirty seconds hardly able to believe what I'd just read.

CJ Tudor is an absolute mistress of crime thrillers. The pacing was immense, the chapters short enough you had to "just read one more" consistently til I had finished the book, the characters were fantastic; flawed, damaged but believable and redeemable.

I enjoyed every single page of this book. This book reminded exactly why I love the written word so much, why books are my major passion in life, it was everything I love in a book and I am absolutely devastated that it's over, because it was utterly fantastic.

I'm immediately going to read CJ's other books because this was spot on. I cannot praise this book enough.

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