The Gathering

The bestselling Queen of Horror turns her hand to VAMPIRES...A small Alaskan town.A brutal murder.Echoes of a killing twenty-five years ago.An out-of-state detective brought in to assist the sheriff who investigated the original case.But as the snow thickens and the nights grow longer...are they hunting a twisted psychopath or something even more terrifying?

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.

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