The Burning Girls: Now a major Paramount+ TV series starring Samantha Morton and Ruby Stokes

An unconventional vicar must exorcise the dark past of a remote village haunted by death and disappearances in this explosive and unsettling thriller from the acclaimed author of The Chalk Man.

 

SOON TO BE AN ORIGINAL SERIES - NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY AND MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL

 

"Hypnotic and horrifying . . . Without doubt Tudor's best yet, The Burning Girls left me sleeping with the lights on."--Chris Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author of We Begin at the End

 

A dark history lingers in Chapel Croft. Five hundred years ago, local Protestant martyrs were betrayed--then burned. Thirty years ago, two teenage girls disappeared without a trace. And a few weeks ago, the vicar of the local parish hanged himself in the nave of the church.

 

Reverend Jack Brooks, a single parent with a fourteen-year-old daughter and a heavy conscience, arrives in the village hoping for a fresh start. Instead, Jack finds a town rife with conspiracies and secrets, and is greeted with a strange welcome package: an exorcism kit and a note that warns, "But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed and hidden that will not be known."

 

The more Jack and daughter, Flo, explore the town and get to know its strange denizens, the deeper they are drawn into the age-old rifts, mysteries, and suspicions. And when Flo begins to see specters of girls ablaze, it becomes apparent there are ghosts here that refuse to be laid to rest.

 

Uncovering the truth can be deadly in a village with a bloody past, where everyone has something to hide and no one trusts an outsider.

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416 pages

Average rating: 7.51

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Abinder
Oct 04, 2024
9/10 stars
Great book. I love the twist at the end. Never saw it coming.
Sophieemma._
Aug 02, 2024
7/10 stars
Nothing like I normally read but found myself obsessed! Couldn’t put it down but It was a bit slow at times
Iheartreading76
Nov 27, 2023
6/10 stars
It wasn't that it was bad, but kind of predictable. I figured out who the main character was pretty early on. It follows a generic formula for these types of books but I see her potential.
Richteml
Jan 19, 2023
8/10 stars
Such a great book that you can’t put down! Full of plot twists that keep you on your toes!
Khb17
Jan 13, 2023
8/10 stars
i loved this book. i couldn’t put it down!

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