The Drift: The spine-chilling ‘Waterstones Thriller of The Month’ from the author of The Burning Girls

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Overall, I enjoyed all three settings equally and liked how they eventually tied together. Another great book from C.J. Tudor! C. J. Tudor is a British author whose books include The Chalk Man and The Hiding Place (The Taking of Annie Thorne). [1] She was born in Salisbury, England but grew up in Nottingham, where she still lives. What is the author trying to tell us? Is this an anti-vax book? When you read it you will know why this is a question. Is this book trying to tell us that scientists should never play "God" and there is a limit as to what they can accomplish? Or is anything fair game when fighting a deadly virus? I haven’t read many post-apocalyptic horror thrillers. It’s not a genre I’m naturally drawn to. But when I received an early copy of C. J. Tudor’s newest novel, The Drift, I didn’t hesitate to accept it. I’ve read and enjoyed her last three releases, and I figured that if anyone could make me love a novel set in a world where a deadly virus runs rampant, either killing most everyone who contracts it or turning those who endure it into creatures called Whistlers, it would be Ms. Tudor. Meg wakes disoriented, gradually realising she is one of six people in a cable car suspended mid-way to a mountain top with no power. Four others remember nothing after their respective breakfasts in the hotel that morning. Were they drugged and brought here, is this the way to the Retreat? Eventually they turn over the sixth person, apparently still asleep on the floor, but he’s been stabbed to death. Was the killer one of the them?

A pandemic that caused havoc across the world. Sound familiar doesn’t it. Well, that is the premise of The Drift by the wonderful C. J. Tudor, although she had the idea for the story before COVID hit. If you are a fan of C. J. Tudor you will already be familiar with her work with novels such as The Chalk Man and The Burning Girls, but now readers are in for a treat with a different kind of book than her previous novels. For me, The Drift is her best yet and shows off the depth and skill of her storytelling, her writing and storytelling just get better and better with each novel. I know that sounds harsh, and I can't even pinpoint what in particular that it was that didn't work for me, it just didn't. This marks a change in direction from CJ Tudor's usual fare, a chilling, dystopian, nightmare of a thriller that ventures into horror territory with a world devastated by a dangerous virus. There are 3 storylines with 3 separate groups in a frozen mountain scenario with the heaviest of snow blizzards. Hannah finds herself trapped, awakening as one of the survivors amidst the dead on a overturned bus with a missing driver, and no means of getting help. They need to work together with the each other if they are to stand any chance of survival. Meg, a former detective, is on mountain cable car transporting 6 volunteer 'recruits' heading to a research institute working on a vaccine, called The Retreat, knowing next to nothing of the experimental trials. The cable has broken, and the group of strangers are in the most precarious of situations, with no idea of how it happened.What a clever well thought out book by C.J. Tudor! I will admit there were times when I thought "where is this all going?" and then Tudor took me there!!! Yet again, Tudor has blown me away with her well thought out plot, use of tension, level of danger, interesting characters and bleak environment. This book definitely explores the grotesque, so be prepared for some very gruesome scenes. If you enjoy zombie thrillers, there’s something for you too!

Grab a blanket and curl up on the couch with this book. Stay warm, stay safe and if your dog has bad breath, give the pup a greenie!Likely inspired by the Covid-19 pandemic, The Drift explores a fictional deadly virus’s impact on humanity ten years after its discovery. Hannah awakens to carnage, all mangled metal and shattered glass. After she was evacuated from a secluded boarding school during a snowstorm, her coach careered off the road, trapping her with a handful of survivors. They’ll need to work together to escape—with their sanity and secrets intact. There is a lot of blood and gore which does not bother me and it's a little dark also. I love dark books but I really didn't enjoy this world. I did not know that this was about a pandemic and I don't like pandemic books. I’ve enjoyed other books by Tudor, but this one didn’t do it for me. I recommend it more for fans of horror stories.

This story essentially follows characters in three different survival scenarios. We have a group of young people, fleeing a private school in the midst of a blizzard, whose coach violently hits a snow drift, trapping them in the vehicle in extremely hazardous conditions. Meg: A medical student who survived a bus crash en route to The Retreat. Can she aid the remaining survivors to get out of the bus before it’s too late. Interestingly, the people in the coach and the people in the gondola were all trying to get to The Retreat. It's unclear exactly what this Retreat is, but it's definitely viewed as a safe haven against a dangerous world. Wow, I had to sit and absorb this one in. I only read one CJ Tudor before The Drift and the style is very different. Where "The Burning Girls" was dark with haunted vibes, The Drift is a real-deal horror that's violent and full of despair. Some scenes will probably even gross you out. 🤢 This book had it all. Action, suspense, and all the horror you can imagine. As if a pandemic of epic proportions wasn't bad enough then add in a snow storm, Whistlers, and an untrustworthy bunch of people - some armed and some most definitely dangerous. I was between biting my nails and peaking through my fingers the entire time I spent with this book. Not only that but this book is CLEVER in the best way possible. A victory for Tudor to be sure. This is my third book by her but it's the first one to WOW me and, trust me, I was WOWED!!! ALL. THE. STARS!!!

C. J. Tudor

Hannah awakens to carnage, all mangled metal and shattered glass. Evacuated from a secluded boarding school during a snowstorm, her coach careered off the road, trapping her with a handful of survivors. She left school at sixteen and has had a variety of jobs over the years, including trainee reporter, radio scriptwriter, shop assistant, ad agency copywriter and voiceover. Hannah awakens to carnage, all mangled metal and shattered glass. During a hasty escape from a secluded boarding school, her coach careened over a hillside road during one of the year's heaviest snowstorms, trapping her inside with a handful of survivors, a brewing virus, and no way to call for help. If she and the remaining few want to make it out alive, with their sanity--and secrets--intact, they'll need to work together or they'll be buried alive with the rest of the dead.

I enjoyed the mystery of this story almost all the way through the book. I wanted to know how these three groups of people might be connected. It was hard to hope for the best for them when the best seems to be a dangerous and hopeless existence in a world that is all about survival. And it seems that many of these people don't have much of a future left without being trapped where they are because their choices were so limited even before the story begins. C. J. Tudor was born in Salisbury and grew up in Nottingham, where she still lives with her partner and young daughter.

Fast-paced with twists and thrills, this brutally chilling novel will keep you on tenterhooks' CRIME MONTHLY An exceptional thriller. Original, high-octane plot, jaw-dropping twists . . . A writer at the top of her game' CLAIRE DOUGLAS Whoa! I raced through this in a couple of days. SO good, SO gripping, SO clever. A runaway train of a book' JANE FALLON Three separate groups of people just trying to survive, a storm of massive proportions on the way, added to which, some of the people in the groups may already be infected - and there’s no way out! Well Tudor does it again. It is super unique and original, as all of them have been! I must confess I did not read the blurb before requesting this. Any novel written by this author is just a no brainer to request. I'm glad I did not dig into it further before reading because this would not be my typical read but so glad I did read it.