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The Taking of Annie Thorne

By: C. J. Tudor
Narrated by: Richard Armitage
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Taking of Annie Thorne by C. J. Tudor, read by Richard Armitage.

Then . . .

One night, Annie went missing. Disappeared from her own bed. There were searches, appeals. Everyone thought the worst. And then, miraculously, after forty-eight hours, she came back. Though she couldn't, or wouldn't, say what had happened to her.

But something happened to my sister. I can't explain what.
I just know that when she came back, she wasn't the same.
She wasn't my Annie.

I didn't want to admit, even to myself, that sometimes I was scared to death of my own little sister.

Now . . .

The email arrived in my inbox nearly two months ago.
I almost deleted it straight away - but I clicked Open:

I know what happened to your sister. It's happening again . . .

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Critic Reviews

Some writers have it, and some don't. C. J. Tudor has it big time . . . The Taking of Annie Thorne is terrific in every way
Confirms Tudor as Britain's female Stephen King. There is a creeping dread on every page and, as you start a new chapter, a dark shadow over your shoulder. Tudor's punk prose style and her great eye for menace make this a book no one should read at night.
There is no sign of second-album syndrome: the mix of grotty provincial realism and amateur cold-case sleuthing works just as well here
As enjoyable and well written as her first, The Chalk Man
Dark, gothic and utterly compelling, The Taking of Annie Thorne pulls off a rare combination - an atmosphere of unsettling evil along with richly nuanced characterisation
Tudor's 2018 The Chalk Man was a standout mystery novel with a fresh voice and a spooky plot. This is even better
Shows that her excellent The Chalk Man was no one-off in matching Stephen King for creepiness
From the author of The Chalk Man comes an equally creepy story about missing children
Spine-tingling
Spine tinglingly good
All stars
Most relevant
Had me right from the start. I totally love this type of story. highly recommend.

Gripping

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My fourth audiobook in and second one from CJ Tudor. Love the stories and of course narration by Richard Armitage is a winner for me. He is able to voice so many different characters you feel it’s being read by different people. Can’t wait for more from both.

Love the author and narrator

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Havent read a book that had me on edge for a long time! Well narrated.

Excellent read

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This is the third book by C J Tudor I have read and I highly recommend this Author and her intriguing storyline’s.

Great just great

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Sad to write a bad review as I loved CJ Tudor’s other books. This story was not well written. No real conclusion or explanation of the events depicted all the way through. Nearly gave up ¾ way through but had to finish and really give it a shot. I was disappointed.

Underwhelming sadly. Could have been good

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