The Chalk Man

I very much enjoyed The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor which is set in a village in England in two time periods - 1986 and 2016.  The narrator is Eddie (Ed).  In 1986 he's 12 and hanging out with his mates, one of whom received coloured chalks for his birthday.  One day they discover the dismembered body of a young woman and there are chalk drawings leading them to the body parts.  There is a lot of speculation about why and who murdered her.  In 2016 Ed is still in the same village teaching at the local school.  The story of the murder is "dug up" again when one of his childhood friends visits and says he knows who did it and he's going to write a book about it.  Ed is unmarried and has a young woman lodger who has a mysterious past.  This is a suspenseful story with cliffhangers at the end of each chapter where we travel back and forward in time to find a murderer. 5/5