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THE HEART-POUNDING NEW NOVEL FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE BURNING GIRLS WHICH HAS NOW BEEN ADAPTED INTO A HIT PARAMOUNT+ SHOW!
‘The wildest thriller of the year is three thrillers in one. Buckle up’ LINWOOD BARCLAY
‘If you like my stuff, you’ll like this’ STEPHEN KING
‘Now this is a real horror story’ 5 STAR READER REVIEW
‘One of the best thriller’s I’ve ever read!’ 5 STAR READER REVIEW
Survival is murder . . .
An overturned coach full of students. All of them are trapped.
An isolated chalet full of friends. Soon they’ll be enemies.
A stranded cable car full of strangers. One of them is dead.

Outside, a snowstorm rages.
Inside each group, a killer lurks.
But that’s not their only problem.

Why is no rescue coming? What are they trying to escape from? And who are the terrifying Whistlers?
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’ HARLAN COBEN
‘C.J. Tudor should be on everyone’s must-read list’ CHRIS WHITAKER
‘A dark star is born’ A. J. FINN
Sunday Times bestseller, November 2023
Waterstones Thriller of the Month, November 2023

Publisher Review

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 * Taut, tense and deliciously dark, C.J. Tudor's post-apocalyptic thrill ride is unmissable -- TIM WEAVER