The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor

日本語

このブログ、半年ほど放置していて全くリニューアルせずに戻ってきました。

今回はこの本、"The Chalk Man" by C.J. Tudor。

ミステリー、サスペンスです。

春頃に読んだと記憶していますが、プロット、読みやすさ、物語のスピード感、そして何よりエンディングの余韻が今でも残っています。

「少年時代」と「大人になった現在」の2つの物語で進みます。

仲の良かった4人の子供達。色々な出来事が起こり、謎の殺人事件をきっかけに彼らの子供時代は終わることに。

謎の殺人事件から30年後、大人になった Eddie のもとに昔の友人が現れます。

「あの殺人事件の犯人を知っている、本にしたい。」

この友人の訪問がきっかけで Eddie は過去と現在に隠された様々な真実を知ることになります。

印象に残っているのはエンディング。

本を閉じた時に残った余韻がたまらく好きです。

ちなみに邦題は「白墨人形」です。

The Chalk Man: The Sunday Times bestseller. The most chilling book you'll read this year

白墨人形

English

Long time no see and no renewals!

I don't rember exactly when I read this thriller book "The Chalk Man", but this one should be the one to be introduced as the one after this long break, man!

In Amazon and Goodreads, many reviewers mention the name Stephen King.

I'm not familar with his works, so I can't tell how much this book is close to his or makes us recall his storytelling.

ANYWAY, if this book really has the taste of that of Stephen King (IT of Stand By Me), I should go to Amazon, click it, and read his works as well right now. Cuz I really liked THIS BOOK.

The Chalk Man is her debut novel.

From the beggining to the end, the story is veiled by something dark, wet, and unstable air, but without much dark, wet, and unstable :)

The book goes with two time lines narrated by Eddie: flashbacks of his childhood (1986) and present day as an middle aged guy (2016).

Eddie's friends: Metal Mickey, Fat Gav, Hoppo, and Nicky.

In their childhood, they used to hang around all the time back then....

USED TO...

Triggered by one certain event or other events, their relationship as a whole comes to disperse. 

What secrets did the kids have back then?

What truth is there in the murder back then?

Revealed one by one by following memories of each friend....

What I liked the best about "The Chalk Man" was the way the story is ended.

Passed many months after reading the book, and I still remember the last several lines, completely sticking in my mind grimly and beautifully.

Her second novel is also available now.

The Taking of Annie Thorne: 'Britain's female Stephen King' Daily Mail