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Thrilling read
I loved every second of this book! It will keep you on the edge of your seat, constantly guessing and needing to know more with every page! If you loved Th... READ MORE
A page turning, icy, thrill ride.
Such a clever thriller, it was recommended to me as 3 locked room mysteries in one and i think thats a perfect description. Its also quite dark, chilling a... READ MORE
A Cracking Heart-Thumping Read
Well I smashed my way through this in a couple of days. Just one more chapter, then there was a cliffhanger to tempt me on. I hardly had time to make more ... READ MORE
My favourite thriller this year
Three locked-room mysteries happening all at once.
An overturned coach full of students trapped in the snow. Only half survived the crash. The exits are... READ MORE
A mind bending thriller that had me hooked
This was my first C.J. Tudor read and oh my GOSH it had me completely hooked. (Needless to say, I immediately ran to buy the entirety of Tudors other books... READ MORE
A chilling, gripping and haunting thriller
Well, I do love a thriller and books by C.J Tudor and I LOVED THIS! Told from three character perspectives, The Drift is a dark, gripping, clever and heart... READ MORE
Tense apocalyptic horror.
The Drift has had me on the edge of my seat for the last four days. It has a tense and engrossing style, with a way of drip-feeding you important details a... READ MORE
Intense and Shocking!
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. This is my first CJ Tudor and I feel like it was the perfect choice!
From the moment I started reading I was immediatel... READ MORE
Chilling in more ways than one
A cleverly written chilling novel told from three different perspectives. Hannah is on a coach, Meg is on a cable car and Carter is in a ski chalet. Withou... READ MORE
A chilling dystopian thriller...
The Drift is a dystopian thriller with hints of horror, with 3 different POVs, each with their own locked room mystery. Hannah is trapped in a deadly bus c... READ MORE
Synopsis
During a deadly snowstorm, Hannah awakens to carnage, all mangled metal and shattered glass. Evacuated from a secluded boarding school, her coach careered off the road, trapping her with a handful of survivors.
Meg awakens to a gentle rocking. She's in a cable car stranded high above snowy mountains, with five strangers and no memory of how they got on board.
Carter is gazing out of the window of an isolated ski chalet that he and his companions call home. As their generator begins to waver in the storm, the threat of something lurking in the chalet's depths looms larger.
Outside, the storm rages. Inside one group, a killer lurks. But which one? And who will make it out alive?
Publisher information
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- ISBN: 9781405948272
- Number of pages: 416
- Dimensions: 197 x 130 x 26 mm
- Weight: 290g
- Languages: English
Customer Reviews
View allAnother C J Tudor triumph
C J Tudor does it again! This was a totally different story from those I had read before but it has the same tension, unbelievable situations and an amazin... READ MORE
Beautifully plotted
I previously read The Taking of Annie Thorne (or ‘The Hiding Place’ in the US) by CJ Tudor and I’ve heard a lot about her books in addition to this. In my ... READ MORE
A Spine-Chilling Winter Thriller with Light Horror Vibes
Spend enough time in crime/thriller forums and blogger groups and it probably won’t be long until the name C. J. Tudor crops up. Tudor has been a fan favou... READ MORE
The Drift By C J Tudor
The Drift by CJ Tudor is an apocalypse novel, which covers three main sections of the storyline, an overturned coach full of students, a strained cable car... READ MORE
Terrific dystopian near future thriller set in the icy snow peaks.
This book was so clever! Honestly I was not expecting the way things to pan out the way they did, but when it did I was there for it. CJ Tudor is an amazin... READ MORE
Such a thrill of a story
This story follows three groups of people, all of whom are trapped one way or another, on a snowy mountainside. There’s been a deadly outbreak and humans a... READ MORE
Clever, Engaging & A Massive Joy To Read
An exceptionally clever and engaging story, a perfect winter read. Lucky enough to read this prior to publication thanks to Netgalley, this futuristic sto... READ MORE
Chillingly exciting
Three seemingly disparate tales all draw to one in this novel by C J Tudor an author who has been fabulous since the get go. Her writing is freeflowing and... READ MORE
boring and pedestrian
huge fan of Tudor, unfortunately, I found the Drift boring and pedestrian.
Set in a dystopian world after the planet has been ravaged by plague, we follow... READ MORE
Fast-paced and exciting
The Drift is a story told from three viewpoints: Hannah, whose coach transporting students has crashed and is stuck in a snow drift; Meg, whose cable car i... READ MORE
A chilling thriller
I’ve read all of CJ Tudor’s books - this was a little different and my favourite so far. It has an element of horror to it which is not my usual genre but ... READ MORE
Outstanding chiller of a book
This is a fabulous twisting, turning book, which keeps you guessing all the way through. Three intertwined plot lines weave together cleverly. It is grippi... READ MORE
“You’re either a good guy or you’re a survivor. And the earth is full of dead good guys”
The Drift follows the survival stories of three main characters (Hannah, Meg and Carter) as they fight through their own individual apocalyptic turmoil in ... READ MORE
Tudor Does It Again!
When my daughter brought home a copy of Chalk Man a few years ago I fell in love with C.J. Tudor’s writing and I have made sure to read all her books as th... READ MORE
Good read!
Three stories, three sets of characters, a lot of snow and much danger!
This was certainly a fast ride, with lots of action, all with the undercurrent of ... READ MORE
A fantastic satisfying read
A great read with the story being told from three points of view which at the end all tie in nicely.
Whilst reading I was not sure which way the book was ... READ MORE
Just brilliant!
5 stars
Oh boy, is this clever, it’s CJ Tudor on tiptop form, knocking it out of the park etc etc ! A coach crash buried in a snowdrift with a few student... READ MORE
Clever, very clever!
With some books it’s just better not to know too much before you start – this is one of those books. So I’ll keep the description simple. We meet three gro... READ MORE
Not the best
Having loved The Chalkman I was keen to read this and like several others enjoyed the first part of the story, but I am afraid it got just too complicated ... READ MORE
Wow what a ride that was!
A coach crashed on a snowy road and half buried in a snowdrift with a few trapped student survivors, a cable car stranded half way down with a handful of p... READ MORE
Prepare for your bones to be chilled
CJ Tudor has done it again, this is a brilliant thriller! It is really three stories, firstly there are a group of people in the mountains at a place calle... READ MORE
The Drift
This book is made up of three main threads. And for the majority of the book I was pretty clueless in my wonderings of where we would end up. As I started ... READ MORE
Difficult to put down!
“Anxiety puts both your mind and body under immense, prolonged pressure.”
― Lori Deschene, Tiny Buddha's Worry Journal: A Creative Way to Let Go of Anxiet... READ MORE
Another fantastic and terrifying thriller from C.J. Tudor!!
This is another great book from C. J. Tudor. Three stories intertwine nicely, a cable car, a bus ride and a remote location. There are lots of dark twists ... READ MORE
A frozen masterpiece.
A story of three groups of people trapped in the most severe weather.
One group is stuck in a cable car hundreds of feet from the ground.
The second are ... READ MORE
In a dystopian world following incurable viral pandemic three lives are on a collision course
Hannah – crashed bus: five dead; Meg – cable car: one dead; Carter – ‘The Retreat’: almost everyone dead. What connects these people, the central characte... READ MORE
A new direction from the author of The Chalk Man.
There's no slow build-up of tension in this excellent new novel from the author of "The Chalk Man". From page one, we are immediately drawn into three dif... READ MORE
Chairlifts might be safer.
The author of this book had lots of good reviews for previous work. I'm not surprised, its well written, lively and believeble.
The story is sort of apo... READ MORE
A true horror story
The Drift is an apocalyptic, dystopian horror with a chilling murder mystery at its heart. Three groups of people in three different locations, each fighti... READ MORE
A bit confusing
I have been a fan of C.J. Tudors books for a while now and was excited to receive her latest offering. The drift by is set in a post-apocalyptic world this... READ MORE
Scarey and creepy!!!
Well this was a story of murder, virus and revenge....
This story bounces between four different sets of people. They all have different stories to tell bu... READ MORE
Dark twists
I went into this book expecting one thing and getting something entirely different. As an end of the world story, I should have been prepared for anything,... READ MORE
Chilling
Chilling, and not just because of the setting. It's a post-apocalyptic horror thriller, with three locked room type mysteries. It gave me I Am Legend vibes... READ MORE
Good Crime Read
A good crime read full of connected crimes that will keep you thinking...
Chilly and tense.
But will anyone survive?
An intriguing read.
A great read with the story being told from three points of view which at the end all tie in nicely.
Whilst reading I was not sure which way the book was ... READ MORE
Outstanding
A pandemic has swept across the world and normal rules of society no longer apply. Every person is fighting a daily battle for survival. . . .
Meg awake... READ MORE
Excellent read
I powered my way through this book , reading “just another chapter” as the intrigue and horror kept me enthralled. It’s the first time I’d read a book by t... READ MORE
amazing
this book was absolutely amazing, the kind you think about when you’re falling asleep until you pick it up and spend all night reading.
A solid thriller but it had me drifting
I picked up this along side a few other books and picked this one as my starting point. The book follows 3 characters, rotating between the different stori... READ MORE
Every chapter a mini cliffhanger
This was a FANTASTIC use of the "multiple POV" technique; every chapter a different POV and cycling through them in the same order throughout, with each en... READ MORE
Must read!
If you want a book that will always keep you guessing, then this book is for you. I have to say that very few books keep me on edge of my seat and this is ... READ MORE
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