The taking of Annie Thorne

The haunting new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Chalk Man

'It's not the dead you need to be scared of, love. It's the living'

It arrived in my inbox just over a month ago. Surprising really that it didn't get shunted straight into junk.

Sender: MSG@hotmail.com

Subject: Annie

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

Because when my sister was eight years old, she disappeared. At the time, I thought it was the worst thing that could ever happen.

And then she came back . . .

PREORDER the next spine-tingling, sinister thriller from THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING author of The Chalk Man.

Praise for The Chalk Man:

'If you like my stuff, you'll like this' STEPHEN KING

'Wonderfully creepy - like a cold blade on the back of your neck' LEE CHILD

'A tense gripper with a leave-the-lights-on shock ending' Sunday Times

'There are shades of Stephen King when the reality bends into the sinister, and a deliciously creepy finale' Daily Mail

'[I] haven't had a sleepless night due to a book in a long time. The Chalk Man changed that' FIONA BARTON, bestselling author of The Widow and The Child