So, when Mickey turns up out of the blue with a proposition for Ed, wanting to drag up their grisly past, Ed is suspicious.
Metal Mickey no longer does after an accident that he was blamed for left Fat Gav in a wheelchair. Fat Gav and Hoppo still live in the village. Then one day the messages lead them to the body of a girl in the woods on the outskirts of their small, quaint English town where – usually – not much happens, but no one knows who drew (or will take responsibility for drawing) the chalk messages… Eddie also witnesses a horrific Waltzer accident at the local fair and ends up developing an unusual friendship with a new teacher, Mr Halloran. In 2016, Ed (now a teacher) lives with his lodger Chloe in his childhood home. In 1986 Eddie and his friends (Fat Gav, Hoppo and Metal Mickey) have a secret code: They communicate by drawing chalk men. Actually, I quite enjoyed this differentiation in the narrators, actors Andrew Scott (2016 Ed) and Asa Butterfield (1986 Eddie) really brought life and energy to the book and there was no mistaking which era you were listening to.Ī very grisly prologue perfectly sets the scene for this sophisticated murder mystery. In 1986, as a 12-year-old boy, Eddie is a cut-glass English kid, but by the time he is 40, he has developed an Irish accent. So, now that I find myself again on mat leave, audiobooks – specifically this one – have once again come to the rescue and made walking for miles something I look forward to! The Chalk Man is one of the best audiobooks I’ve listened to (the narrator plays a very important role, as I’ve explained here). It was on my first maternity leave, 2 years ago, that I discovered the joy of audiobooks due to the many hours I spent walking a baby with a resistance to sleep. Our lead character, Edward Adams, tells us the creepy story of The Chalk Man in both 20 (the year events are triggered) and what an enticing, gripping little tale it is. Opening sentence, “The girl’s head rested on a small pile of orange and brown leaves.” Audiobook narrated by Andrew Scott and Asa Butterfield.
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