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gripping thriller that will give you chills this winter . . . 'Alex
North has achieved the seemingly impossible. The Whisper Man is a
thriller that is both terrifying and utterly heartbreaking.
Mesmerising and masterful' Mark Billingham ____________ If you
leave a door half-open, soon you'll hear the whispers spoken . . .
Still devastated after the loss of his wife, Tom Kennedy and his
young son Jake move to the sleepy village of Featherbank, looking
for a much-needed fresh start. But Featherbank has a dark past.
Fifteen years ago, a twisted serial killer abducted and murdered
five young boys. Until he was finally caught, the killer was known
as 'The Whisper Man'. Of course, an old crime need not trouble Tom
and Jake as they try to settle in to their new home. Except that
now another boy has gone missing. And then Jake begins acting
strangely. He says he hears a whispering at his window . . .
___________ 'The best crime novel of the decade' Steve Cavanagh,
bestselling author of Twisted 'A true skin-crawler' Guardian, Best
Summer Reads 'With the movie rights already sold to Hollywood,
Alfred Hitchcock would have loved every spine-tingling moment.
Creepy' Daily Mail 'This flawlessly plotted thriller absolutely
deserves to be shouted about' Sunday Mirror 'A seamless blend of
Harlan Coben, Stephen King, and Thomas Harris. My flesh is still
crawling' A J Finn, bestselling author of The Woman in the Window
'Shades of Thomas Harris and Stephen King but brilliant in its own
right' C. J. Tudor, bestselling author of The Chalk Man 'As creepy
and twisty as the early Thomas Harris novels . . . An
extraordinarily well-written, deeply moving, multi-generational
saga' Irish Times
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Fri, 11 Oct 2019 | Review
by: Breakaway R.
Is someone born a monster or are they shaped to be one by their experiences?
Tom and Jake Kennedy come home after school one day and as Tom is parking the car, Jake enters the house to find his mother dead at the bottom of the stairs. Jake is a quiet child who has an active imagination and Tom has always found it difficult to talk to him. After his wife’s death it becomes worse, Jake often seems like a problem he cannot solve and he hates himself for being so useless and ineffective; his frustration often curdles into anger and to improve the situation Tom buys a house in Featherbank and they move to make a new start and put the past behind them. Featherbank became infamous 20 years ago when DI Pete Willis put Frank Carter behind bars. Carter murdered 5 young boys; the media referred to his as “the whisper man” based on the idea that Carter befriended his victims – neglected and vulnerable children – before taking them away. He would talk quietly to them at night outside their windows.
Their new house was on a quiet residential street with a large field on one side but when they arrive at the new house Tom has an ominous feeling. Jake, on the other hand is very excited about the new house and quickly makes himself at home. Tom shrugs his unease away and tells himself – “we are going to be safe here, we are going to be happy” – and for the first week they are……
An enjoyable read that has an unexpected ending and shows the complexities of family relationships and the effect they have on various members of the family. Parenting does not come naturally to everyone and sometimes being an absent parent is better than being around.
Saphira
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