The Drift

An exceptional thriller that blew me away with its original, high-octane plot, jaw-dropping twists and characters I cared about. When I wasn't reading The Drift I was thinking about it. A writer at the top of her game -- CLAIRE DOUGLAS A truly terrifying, ice-cold chiller from the master of macabre. C.J. Tudor should be on everyone's must-read list -- CHRIS WHITAKER Chilling . . . Her most complex and terrifying yet. The three intriguing locked-room mysteries in an eerie end-of-the-world setting provide the springboard for an enjoyable, fast-paced and captivating thrill ride. You'll be on tenterhooks throughout as the story builds inexorably to a grand reveal and a shocking finale * Sunday Express * C.J. Tudor is a genre fiction pioneer. With every new book, she manages to achieve what most writers can only dream of, and The Drift is no exception. Taut, action-packed and oh-so-clever, this thrilling rollercoaster of a ride takes the reader on a journey into the frozen unknown * FIONA CUMMINS * Whoa! I raced through this in a couple of days. SO good, SO gripping, SO clever. A runaway train of a book -- JANE FALLON Sublimely executed, this is a dystopian thriller of real class. * Daily Mail * Fast-paced with twists and thrills, this brutally chilling novel will keep you on tenterhooks * Crime Monthly * Atmospheric, with suspense dialled up to the max, and at times heavily claustrophobic, this is a page-turner which flirts heavily with horror and delivers on all counts * Crime Time * Fast-paced atmospheric story * Candis * Tudor has a lot of scary, horror-tinged fun * Observer * Without fail, CJ delivers every single time. The Drift is a tense, nail biting thriller that's smart, gripping and brilliantly twisty. Faultless. -- JOHN MARRS Absolutely raced through it...An action-packed and chilling horror thriller that's like Station Eleven re-crafted by John Carpenter -- MARK EDWARDS Wow! Very clever, mysterious and thrilling with twists and turns that will smack you in the face like many evil snowballs * SUSI HOLLIDAY * Heart-poundingly mysterious, breathtakingly twisty, and emotive like a sucker-punch to the chest. The Drift is unputdownable! * STEPH BROADRIBB * In this tour de force from Tudor (The Burning Girls), a postapocalyptic thriller, a haven called the Retreat, which has been constructed for a select few in the wake of a devastating new plague, proves to be not much of a haven. Some of those in residence at the mountainside facility begin to disappear, even as vital supplies go missing and power outages increase, leading up to the discovery of a body floating in the recreational pool. Meanwhile, a cable car transporting a group to the Retreat is stranded mid-journey; its occupants, including Meg, a former homicide cop, are stunned to find they're trapped with a corpse, whom Meg recognizes. And a second group also faces a threat to their lives; Hannah Grant has been evacuated from a boarding school, but the bus she's in crashes, possibly not by accident, trapping her and several others. Tudor shifts among the three situations, teasing a common link, and gradually ratchets up the pressure on his characters as they try to preserve their humanity while surviving. This is a masterpiece of its kind. * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY [starred review] * Praise for C. J. Tudor * : * Some writers have it and some don't. C. J. Tudor has it big time * Lee Child * 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 * Britain's female Stephen King * Daily Mail *