No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades.

The master storyteller of our times

It's no mystery why James Patterson is the world's most popular thriller writer . . . Simply put: nobody does it better.

Patterson boils a scene down to the single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. It's what fires off the movie projector in the reader's mind.

One of the greatest storytellers of all time

A writer with an unusual skill at thriller plotting

James Patterson is The Boss. End of.

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

A chilling, captivating thrill ride

Fast-paced atmospheric story

Tudor has a lot of scary, horror-tinged fun

Without fail, CJ delivers every single time. The Drift is a tense, nail biting thriller that's smart, gripping and brilliantly twisty. Faultless.

Absolutely raced through it...An action-packed and chilling horror thriller that's like Station Eleven re-crafted by John Carpenter

Wow! Very clever, mysterious and thrilling with twists and turns that will smack you in the face like many evil snowballs

Heart-poundingly mysterious, breathtakingly twisty, and emotive like a sucker-punch to the chest. The Drift is unputdownable!

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.

A captivating thrill ride

A gripping tale

Praise for C. J. Tudor

Some writers have it and some don't. C. J. Tudor has it big time

C. J. Tudor is terrific. I can't wait to see what she does next

If you like my stuff, you'll like this

Britain's female Stephen King

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

A taut and pacy thriller...North has a masterful approach to a sensitive subject and keeps you hooked.

The most original crime novel you'll read this year.

Perceptive, disturbing, mind-bending, and unafraid to explore the poison that infects families living under the spotlight, this is a gripping read from the first page right through to the final, breath-taking dénouement.