A Sliver Of Darkness

CJ Tudor, Michael Joseph, £16.99

Dubbed Britain’s Stephen King, Tudor set the literary horror world alight in 2018 with her debut novel The Chalk Man. Here, we have 11 tales that are not all of the spine-tingling variety, but tread King territory.

Each comes with a twist and a satisfying conclusion with some set against the backdrop of an apocalypse which, given the Covid19 pandemic and war in Europe, makes the terror feel all the more real.