I breathe a sigh of relief every time I start a new book by C.J. Tudor. That’s not because these books are light, relaxing reads—they’re not, not by any stretch of the imagination. It’s because C.J. Tudor, perhaps more so than any new author I’ve discovered in the past few years, writes with the kind of confidence and assurance that puts the reader totally at ease. Tudor’s stories are dark, intricate, mind-bending confections, the kinds of books that creep under your skin and demand you keep turning the pages well beyond your bedtime. They are, for me, pure escapism—stories worth setting aside your to-do list to devour. Tudor’s third outing, which just went on sale in the U.S. earlier this week, is no exception. THE OTHER PEOPLE begins with an apparently straightforward missing persons mystery: a father is on the hunt for his young daughter, a girl who went missing three years prior. He is the only one who believes she is still alive, and he won’t give up until he finds her. But there are more sinister forces at work here, namely, an anonymous and shadowy group that lives on the dark web—The Other People. Who are these “other people,” and what involvement do they have, if any, with our protagonist’s missing child? As readers follow the threads of this intricate mystery, they will quickly discover that the bigger picture of THE OTHER PEOPLE is even more fascinating than its individual parts. Laced with supernatural suspense and brimming with page-turning entertainment value and emotional heft, THE OTHER PEOPLE cements C.J. Tudor as the modern queen of creepy. Any reader who loves crime fiction that pushes the envelope simply must add C.J. Tudor to their to-read list.