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The Taking of Annie Thorne by C. J. Tudor
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The Taking of Annie Thorne

'Britain's female Stephen King' Daily Mail
by C. J. Tudor
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Narrator Richard Armitage

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Length 10 hours 43 minutes
Language English
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Taking of Annie Thorne by C. J. Tudor, read by Richard Armitage.

Then . . .

One night, Annie went missing. Disappeared from her own bed. There were searches, appeals. Everyone thought the worst. And then, miraculously, after forty-eight hours, she came back. Though she couldn't, or wouldn't, say what had happened to her.

But something happened to my sister. I can't explain what.
I just know that when she came back, she wasn't the same.
She wasn't my Annie.

I didn't want to admit, even to myself, that sometimes I was scared to death of my own little sister.

Now . . .

The email arrived in my inbox nearly two months ago.
I almost deleted it straight away - but I clicked Open:

I know what happened to your sister. It's happening again . . .

FictionMystery & ThrillerHorror

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, television presenter and copywriter.

She is now the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Chalk Man, The Taking of Annie Thorne, The Other People, The Burning Girls and The Drift. All of her books are in development or optioned for TV, and The Burning Girls debuted on Paramount Plus in 2023. She is also the author of a short story collection, A Sliver of Darkness.

Audiobook details

Author:

Narrator:
Richard Armitage

ISBN:
9781405939966

Length:
10 hours 43 minutes

Language:
English

Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd

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Edition:
Unabridged

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Reviews

Shows that her excellent The Chalk Man was no one-off in matching Stephen King for creepiness From the author of The Chalk Man comes an equally creepy story about missing children Spine-tingling Spine tinglingly good Some writers have it, and some don't. C. J. Tudor has it big time . . . The Taking of Annie Thorne is terrific in every way Confirms Tudor as Britain's female Stephen King. There is a creeping dread on every page and, as you start a new chapter, a dark shadow over your shoulder. Tudor's punk prose style and her great eye for menace make this a book no one should read at night. There is no sign of second-album syndrome: the mix of grotty provincial realism and amateur cold-case sleuthing works just as well here As enjoyable and well written as her first, The Chalk Man Dark, gothic and utterly compelling, The Taking of Annie Thorne pulls off a rare combination - an atmosphere of unsettling evil along with richly nuanced characterisation Tudor's 2018 The Chalk Man was a standout mystery novel with a fresh voice and a spooky plot. This is even better Expand reviews
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