Tudor never misses a beat in showing each character as both a child and an adult while also exploring the foreboding environs of a small town.” -Associated Press The Chalk Man fits well with other stories about troubled childhoods such as Stephen King’s novella Stand by Me. “An assured debut that alternates between 19 with unpredictable twists. “Wonderfully creepy-like a cold blade on the back of your neck.” -Lee Child
Because in this town, everyone has secrets, no one is innocent, and some will do anything to bury the truth. But digging into the past proves more dangerous than he could have known. When one of them is killed, Eddie realizes that saving himself means figuring out what happened all those years ago.
Soon he learns that all his old friends received the same note. In 2016, Eddie is nursing a drinking problem and trying to forget his past, until one day he gets a letter containing a chalk man-the same one he and his friends saw when they found the body. They follow the message, only to find the dead body of a teenage girl. But one morning the friends find a chalk man leading them to the woods. The chalk men are their secret code, stick figures they draw for one another as hidden messages. In 1986, Eddie and his friends are on the verge of adolescence, spending their days biking in search of adventure.
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