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Serenity Falls
  • Published: 15 September 2026
  • ISBN: 9780241529973
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $38.00

Serenity Falls

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Tr. Paperback
15 Sept 2026
Hardback
10 Oct 2026
EBook
10 Sept 2026
Audiobook
10 Sept 2026
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'Britain's female Stephen King' (Daily Mail) is back! Welcome to Serenity Falls, the world's most perfect, crime-free town. Until a dead body turns up...

Welcome to Serenity Falls – the idyllic town where crime is non-existent. The perfect fresh start for Dan and his daughter Sadie as they escape their troubled past in the UK.
Until a dead body turns up in their swimming pool.
And that’s just the start of a series of odd discoveries that include abandoned houses and very strange activity.
As Serenity Falls plans its fiftieth anniversary, something is stirring beneath the surface of the idyllic façade. Is it really the perfect town? Or is it founded on something far darker? And how far will people go to keep its secrets?
  • Published: 15 September 2026
  • ISBN: 9780241529973
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $38.00

About the author

C. J. Tudor

C. J. Tudor’s love of writing, especially the dark and macabre, started young. When her peers were reading Judy Blume, she was devouring Stephen King and James Herbert. Over the years she has had a variety of jobs, including trainee reporter, radio scriptwriter, dog walker, voiceover, television presenter and copywriter. She is now the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Chalk Man, The Taking of Annie Thorne, The Other People, The Burning Girls, The Drift and The Gathering. All of her books are in development or optioned for TV. The Burning Girls is available on Netflix. She is also the author of a short story collection, A Sliver of Darkness.
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Also by C. J. Tudor

The Other People
The Taking of Annie Thorne
A Sliver of Darkness
The Drift
The Burning Girls
The Gathering
The Chalk Man
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Praise for Serenity Falls

PRAISE FOR C.J. TUDOR

Some writers have it, and some don't. C. J. Tudor has it big time

LEE CHILD

Britain’s female Stephen King returns with a sparkling, yet terrifying, story of a colony of vampires . . . this a brilliant high-concept thriller

Daily Mail

The wildest thriller of the year. Buckle up

Linwood Barclay

A truly terrifying, ice-cold chiller from the master of macabre. C.J. Tudor should be on everyone's must-read list

CHRIS WHITAKER

Nobody writes creeping terror quite like C.J. Tudor, and Serenity Falls is a triumph of 21st century Gothic

TOM MEAD

Beautifully sinister...Serenity Falls takes the dream of suburban perfection and twists it into something deeply unsettling. Creepy, compulsive, and impossible to put down

GUY MORPUSS

All the thrills of vintage Stephen King. Reading this was a visceral, intense, gloriously horrifying experience, and I loved every second of it. CJ Tudor scares me… in a good way. The maestro of macabre does it again

WILL DEAN

With Serenity Falls, CJ Tudor has played another blinder. This is without question the most gripping novel of the year. I challenge you to put it down before you reach the end.

AVA GLASS

Imagine Stephen King colliding with The Stepford Wives. This is an unnerving, slow-burn that’s drenched in malice and suspense. Easily Tudor's strongest novel to date.

JOHN MARRS

C.J. Tudor is always brilliant, but this one is REALLY brilliant. This is an absolute epic, packed with secrets, tragedy, dark humour and great characters. C.J. Tudor expertly peels back the veneer of sunny suburbia to uncover its deliciously twisted underbelly. This had me feverishly turning pages desperate to find out the next devilish twist, and I was gripped to the brilliant end.

JOSH WINNING