The Whisper Man
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3.8 • 13 Ratings
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- $25.99
Publisher Description
"Listeners looking for creepy will find it in full force in Alex North's dark thriller, narrated by British actor Christopher Eccleston." -- AudioFile Magazine
"Reader Eccleston...adds flavor to the tale. He reads with a fervor that gives the story a strong sense of suspense." -- Booklist
This program is read by acclaimed British actor Christopher Eccleston.
In this psychological thriller, Alex North weaves a multi-generational tale of suspense, as a father and son are caught in the crosshairs of an investigation to catch a serial killer preying on a small town.
After the sudden death of his wife, Tom Kennedy believes a fresh start will help him and his young son Jake heal. A new beginning, a new house, a new town. Featherbank.
But the town has a dark past. Twenty years ago, a serial killer abducted and murdered five residents. Until Frank Carter was finally caught, he was nicknamed "The Whisper Man," for he would lure his victims out by whispering at their windows at night.
Just as Tom and Jake settle into their new home, a young boy vanishes. His disappearance bears an unnerving resemblance to Frank Carter's crimes, reigniting old rumors that he preyed with an accomplice. Now, detectives Amanda Beck and Pete Willis must find the boy before it is too late, even if that means Pete has to revisit his great foe in prison: The Whisper Man.
And then Jake begins acting strangely. He hears a whispering at his window...
Praise for The Whisper Man:
"The Whisper Man is the most unsettling thriller I have read since Jo Nesbo’s The Snowman. Much more than the sum of its parts, it is nightmarish and disturbing and, at the same time, a moving and life-affirming novel about fathers and sons, and grief, loss, and recovery." -Alex Michaelides, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Silent Patient
“There’s a soft voice outside your window and it demands your attention. The Whisper Man is coming. In fact, he’s already here. Get ready to be unnerved. This novel is thrilling." - Brad Meltzer, #1 New York Times bestselling author
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
A disappearance evokes the lingering memory of a local serial killer in this chilling mystery from thriller star Alex North. It’s been 20 years since Detective Pete Willis won his game of cat and mouse with murderer Frank Carter, known to the terrified residents of Featherbank as the Whisper Man. But when a boy goes missing in a way that’s unnervingly reminiscent of the Whisper Man’s MO, Willis must team up with local investigator Amanda Beck to revisit the case…and Carter himself. The characters and their relationships are compelling, with a smart motif of fathers and sons that plays out across everyone from Carter’s messed-up family to the missing Jake and his widowed dad, Tom. From the imprisoned Carter’s menacing presence to the creepy schoolyard rhymes that Featherbank kids still repeat about him, North cultivates an inescapable sense of ominous atmosphere. Acclaimed actor Christopher Eccleston grounds us in the frightening reality of this darkly captivating thriller.
