The Other People
The chilling and spine-tingling Sunday Times bestseller
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4.5 • 4 Ratings
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Publisher Description
'Hugely enjoyable and deliciously creepy' ALEX MICHAELIDES, author of THE SILENT PATIENT
'C. J. Tudor is terrific. I can't wait to see what she does next' HARLAN COBEN
'If you like my stuff, you'll like this' STEPHEN KING
THE CHILLING SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THAT WILL SEND SHIVERS DOWN YOUR SPINE . . .
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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'. It's his five-year old daughter, Izzy.
He never sees her 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 . . .
Meanwhile 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 the people chasing her will do if they ever catch them . . .
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'A creepy, intense novel that drew me right in and never let go' Samantha Downing, author of MY LOVELY WIFE
'Tense and exhilarating!' 5***** Reviewer
'Darkly compelling . . . an utterly propulsive plot' T. M. LOGAN
'A mesmerizingly chilling and atmospheric page-turner' J.P. Delaney, author of THE GIRL BEFORE
'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:
'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
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Like Tudor’s previous novels, The Chalk Man and The Taking of Annie Thorne, this thriller locks you in with its creeping sense of menace. Gabe is a man still desperately searching for answers after the abduction of his daughter years before. It’s a search that eventually leads him to The Other People—a group determined to deliver the darkest forms of justice and vengeance to people who have suffered grief and loss. The absorbing story takes plenty of breathtaking twists and turns but is always utterly believable, and Tudor’s characters feel incredibly real—even when they visit the darkest corners of their souls.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Gabe Forman, the protagonist of this nightmarish novel from Thriller Award winner Tudor (The Hiding Place), is running late for dinner when he spies his five-year-old daughter, Izzy, in the window of a stranger's car. He gives chase, but loses the vehicle in traffic. When he calls home, police inform him that an intruder shot and killed both Izzy and his wife. Though his father-in-law positively identifies the bodies, Gabe knows what he saw, and he abandons everything to travel England's M1 motorway in search of Izzy. Three years later, Gabe discovers the abductor's abandoned car, which contains clues pointing to a dark web group that helps wronged parties find justice. But why target Gabe's family and where is Izzy? Tudor intersperses Gabe's hunt with scenes spotlighting a woman named Fern and seven-year-old Alice, who have spent three years on the run. Realistic characters fueled by genuine emotion carry the tale to a pat yet pleasing conclusion, though the central mystery relies too heavily on coincidence, and a supernatural subplot involving Alice's mirror-induced narcolepsy feels half-baked. Hopefully, Tudor's next book will be a return to form.
Customer Reviews
The Other People - CJ Tudor
After really enjoying both of Tudor's previous novels, I was really excited when this one was released. With less of the supernatural than The Taking of Annie Thorne, the Other People had some wonderful characterisation and really delved into the concept of guilt and consequences. I found a lot of similarities to Stephen King in the way characters were developed and some of the brutal twists. While, I found it reasonably easy to work out some of the mysteries, I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would recommend it to lovers of King.