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The Burning Girls

  • 2019 first published
  • 352 pages
  • ★ 4.2 (5 ratings)
  • 9 editions

C. J. Tudor's The Burning Girls (2019) is a horror novel. Much of the action takes place in Chapel Croft, Sussex - England. Characters include Reverend Jack Brooks, Merry Lane and Joy Harris. Readers will find themes of crime.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, and 30 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 9 editions.

It runs to roughly 352 pages — 6–7 hours of reading at an average pace.

About The Burning Girls

Welcome to Chapel Croft. Five hundred years ago, eight protestant martyrs were burned at the stake here. Thirty years ago, two teenage girls disappeared without a trace. And two months ago, the vicar of the local parish killed himself. Reverend Jack Brooks, a single parent with a fourteen-year-old daughter and a heavy conscience, arrives in the village hoping to make a fresh start and find some peace. Instead, Jack finds a town mired in secrecy and a strange welcome package: an old exorcism kit and a note quoting scripture. "But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed and hidden that will not be known." The more Jack and her daughter Flo get acquainted with the town and its strange denizens, the deeper they are drawn into their rifts, mysteries, and suspicions. And when Flo is troubled by strange sightings in the old chapel, it becomes apparent that there are ghosts here that refuse to be laid to rest. But uncovering the truth can be deadly in a village where everyone has something to protect, everyone has links with the village's bloody past, and no one trusts an outsider.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

  • Chapel Croft, Sussex - England

Characters

  • Reverend Jack Brooks
  • Merry Lane
  • Joy Harris
  • Flo Brooks
  • Simon Harper
  • Emma Harper

Subjects

  • Suspense thrillers
  • Horror
  • Psychological thrillers
  • Thriller
  • Mystery
  • Mystery Thriller
  • Crime
  • Suspense
  • Paranormal

Quick answers

Who wrote The Burning Girls?

The Burning Girls was written by C. J. Tudor and first published in 2019.

What genre is The Burning Girls?

It is usually shelved as Horror.

How long is The Burning Girls?

The median edition has 352 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Burning Girls?

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