After the untimely death of his wife, Tom Kennedy and son, Jake, move to the quiet village of Featherbank for a fresh start.
Little do they know that Featherbank has a dark past. Twenty years before a twisted serial killer, The Whisper Man, abducted and murdered five young boys.
Now, another boy has disappeared, and Jake is acting strangely – he says he hears whispering at his bedroom window…
I’m always slightly sceptical when books are highly praised, this one being dubbed as “The crime novel of the decade”. However, I had seen many good reviews promising a twisting thriller with plenty of hair standing on end chilling moments, so I thought I would give it a go.
The chapters are incredibly short, to provide a fast-paced feel to the story. Sadly, this missed the mark for me. The snappy length of the chapters had the opposite of the intended effect, and I found myself only picking it up for short periods of time. Although there was an edge of mystery throughout, I didn’t feel invested enough in the characters to care too much and found the ending to be equally as underwhelming.
This is, unfortunately, another good story that has been surrounded and dealt a disservice by too much hype. A trap I seem to be falling into with a lot of books in this genre lately.
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