The Burning Girls: Now a major Paramount+ TV series starring Samantha Morton and Ruby Stokes
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** NOW A PARAMOUNT+ ORIGINAL SERIES STARRING SAMANTHA MORTON AND RUBY STOKES**
If you see the Burning Girls something bad will befall you…
‘A mesmerising and atmospheric page-turner, with plenty of shocks and a surprise twist for a finale. Her best novel yet’ SUNDAY EXPRESS
‘Hypnotic and horrifying . . . Without doubt her best yet, The Burning Girls left me sleeping with the lights on’ CHRIS WHITAKER
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500 years ago: eight martyrs burned
30 years ago: two teenagers vanished
Two months ago: a vicar died mysteriously
Welcome to Chapel Croft.
For Rev Jack Brooks and teenage daughter Flo it’s a fresh start. New job, new home. But in a close-knit community old superstitions and a mistrust of outsiders mean treading carefully.
Yet right away Jack has more frightening concerns.
Why did no one say the last vicar killed himself? Why is Flo plagued by visions of burning girls? And who is sending them threatening messages?
Old ghosts with scores to settle can never rest. And Jack is standing in their way . . .
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‘Tudor operates on the border between credulity and disbelief, creating an atmosphere of menace’ Sunday Times
‘A gothic, spine-tingling roller-coaster of a story . . . CJ Tudor is a master of horror’ C.J. COOKE, author of The Nesting
‘The best book yet from C. J. Tudor’ Best
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
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Additional information
| Publisher | Penguin (21 Jan. 2021) |
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| Language | English |
| File size | 6008 KB |
| Text-to-Speech | Enabled |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
| X-Ray | Enabled |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Sticky notes | On Kindle Scribe |
| Print length | 388 pages |
by MB
The characters and concept appear to have been lifted straight out of Phil Rickman’s Merrily Watkins books but the writing of The Burning Girls is much more naive – mostly in the first person, present tense. Much of the ‘twists’ are extraordinarily predictable. Despite all that – quite a decent read.
by Mark West
500 years ago, eight martyrs were burnt to death and 30 years ago, two teenagers vanished without trace. Two months ago, a vicar committed suicide. Welcome to Chapel Croft.
An intriguing mixture of horror and crime (that eases more completely into the latter as the book progresses), this follows Rev Jack Brooks who is assigned to the small town chapel from Nottingham, where she became embroiled in a case of abuse that escalated quickly. With her teenaged daughter Flo in tow, Jack tries to settle in to the close-knit community but the residents are haunted by history and tradition, as well as the legend of the burning girls themselves. I really enjoyed this (even if, like Tudor’s previous novel “The Chalk Man”, I felt there was one twist too many) for all manner of reasons. The town is well realised and so is the history, treated in a spooky, almost supernatural way that feels perfectly normal. Jack Brooks is a great character, as is Flo and the supporting cast acquit themselves well. Told with a good pace while carefully teasing out the back-story, this is gripping and scary and amusing and, at points, quite harrowing. A cracking novel, I highly recommend this.
by Spencer1124
Rounded down from around 4.5 stars ⭐️
The burning girls follows a vicar and their daughter, Flo, as they move to a new village. But there’s something dark and unusual going on here. The village is stuck in the past and has many secrets it is trying to protect. Are Jack and Flo safe here?
Wow, what a whirlwind of a book this one is! So much happened I’m still trying to unpick it all. It’s almost like reading multiple stories that have all been mashed together. I do like how they were all connected but it is hard for my brain to accept that it is all the same story. I loved the fast pace and short chapters. My main criticism is that I was able to guess some of the twists. This happens a lot to me, as an avid thriller reader, but luckily I was still surprised by some of the twists that happened! I also feel that the epilogue didn’t quite give the punchy finish I was craving.
That being said, I absolutely adored the atmosphere in this book. It reminded me of a wicker man/high school bully mash up! I almost felt like I was in a horror film that also involved a teenage high school. This book does touch on some very dark issues so please be cautious of possible triggers if you want to pick it up. I was almost left wanting more, I want to return to some of the characters and explore their lives and relationships more. The first thing I did when I put this book down was try to get my hands on all of CJ Tudor books!
I would recommend this book to any thriller fans! But please be cautious of possible triggers.
by Tink
My own fault – I knew it was in the horror genre before I began it. Gripped by the first two-thirds and enjoyed the creepy supernatural feel. However, when it launched into full-blown horror, I only kept reading to find out how it would all tie up. Well written, with some satisfying twistiness, and page-turning, but ultimately the horror genre isn’t for me.
by Mrs Emma J Carter
I really enjoyed this book. Lots of likeable characters and some unlikable. You root for Jack and Flo the whole way through. A surprising twist came at the end. You are pointed towards a culprit but things are not what they seem.
by Kindle Customer
I enjoyed it, but it’s lacking something. The story feels quite erratic at times and a little out of sync.
by Susan B
Had seen that this book was being made into a tv series and thought ‘it must be good’. Wow, It did not disappoint! One of the best books I have read in a long time, and I have read many.
by Mrs k Bain
Took a while to get into this book but glad I saw it through.