THE BESTSELLING QUEEN OF HORROR TURNS HER HAND TO VAMPIRES . . .

WELCOME TO DEADHART. ALASKA. POPULATION 673. LIVING.
‘Britain’s female Stephen King’ Daily Mail
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A boy is found with his throat ripped out,
the blood drained from his body. It’s not the first
such killing, and the town knows who to blame:
the vampyr colony in the mountains.

But out-of-state detective Barbara Atkins think the evidence
doesn’t stack up. People are lying.
And Deadhart has a history of dark secrets.

The snow keeps falling, but so do the victims.
Time is running out for Barbara.
Is she hunting a cold-blooded murderer,
or a bloodthirsty monster?

And which does she fear most?
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Praise for The Gathering
'A crime thriller with a vampiric twist. What a cracking read and such assured writing. She just gets better and better!’ Sarah Pinborough
‘Incredibly exciting novel, tightly plotted and brilliantly tense, with an atmosphere you could eat with a spoon’ Stuart Turton
‘Tensely told’ Finanical Times
‘Tudor slays with this brilliantly imaginative take on the vampire genre’ John Marrs

Praise for C. J. Tudor:

'A truly terrifying, ice-cold chiller from the master of macabre. C.J. Tudor should be on everyone's must-read list' Chris Whitaker

'The wildest thriller of the year is three thrillers in one. Buckle up' Linwood Barclay

'An exceptional thriller. Original, high-octane plot, jaw-dropping twists . . . A writer at the top of her game' Claire Douglas

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

'Britain's female Stephen King' Daily Mail

'Some writers have it, and some don't. C. J. Tudor has it big time' Lee Child

'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

'A dark star is born' A. J. Finn


C.J.Tudor, Sunday Times bestseller, November 2023

Britain’s female Stephen King returns with a sparkling, yet terrifying, story of a colony of vampires . . . this a brilliant high-concept thriller * Daily Mail *
C.J. Tudor is getting better and bolder with every novel, and the bar was pretty high to start with. THE GATHERING is an incredibly exciting novel, tightly plotted and brilliantly tense, with an atmosphere you could eat with a spoon -- STUART TURTON
The author is the British queen of horror and, now, vampires * Sun *
A crime thriller with a vampiric twist. What a cracking read and such assured writing. She just gets better and better! -- SARAH PINBOROUGH
CJ Tudor is a genius. The Gathering kept me on the edge of my seat to the very last page. A tour de force! -- AVA GLASS
Tensely told * Financial Times *
Tudor slays with this brilliantly imaginative take on the vampire genre. This genre is tailor made for her. It's as if it’s her own invention. There's nothing she can't turn her hand to. Fangbloodytastic -- JOHN MARRS
My first vampire book but it definitely won't be my last! Really enjoyed The Gathering, a chilling and claustrophobic story set in the snowy wilderness of Alaska -- B.A. PARIS
So menacing and claustrophobic. Ice cold and darkly bloody. I loved it. Bravo, C.J. Tudor, you are the Queen of Horror -- LOUISE SWANSON
A peerless blend of thriller and horror, with darkness and danger pouring from every page. Cuts right to the heart of the evil some are capable of, and the consequences that come crashing down. Powered through it in twenty-four hours -- ROBERT RUTHERFORD

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, The Drift and The Gathering. All of her books are in development or optioned for TV. The Burning Girls debuted on Paramount Plus in 2023 and is now available on Netflix. She is also the author of a short story collection, A Sliver of Darkness.