01964cam a2200325 4500 607920637 TxAuBib 20221220120000.0 220428s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022020848 9780593500163 HRD 27.00 0593500164 HRD 27.00 TxAuBib Tudor, C. J, 1972-, author. A sliver of darkness [BOOK] / C.J. Tudor. 1st US ed. New York : Ballantine Books, [2022] xii, 236 pages ; 24 cm. "The debut short story collection from the acclaimed author of The Chalk Man, hailed as "Britain's female Stephen King" (Daily Mail), featuring ten bone-chilling and mind-bending tales Timeslips. Doomsday scenarios. Killer butterflies. C. J. Tudor's novels are widely acclaimed for their dark, twisty suspense plots, but with A Sliver of Darkness, she pulls us even further into her dizzying imagination. In "Final Course," the world has descended into darkness, but a group of old friends make time for one last dinner party. In "Runaway Blues," thwarted love, revenge, and something very nasty stowed in a hat box converge. In "Gloria," a strange girl at a service station endears herself to a cold-hearted killer, but can a leopard really change its spots? And in "I'm Not Ted," a case of mistaken identity has unforeseen, fatal consequences. Riveting and explosively original, A Sliver of Darkness is C. J. Tudor at her most wicked and uninhibited"-- Provided by publisher. 20221220. Parties Fiction. Mistaken identity Fiction. Love Fiction. Revenge Fiction. Judgment Day Fiction. Murderers Fiction. Short stories. Thrillers (Fiction.) Horror fiction.