After Toms wife dies, he takes his son Jake and moves to the quiet town of Featherbank hoping for a fresh start for them both.
What he doesn’t know is the place they’ve chosen has a dark past lurking beneath its beautiful surroundings. 20 years earlier, a psychopath hunted his prey on the quiet streets of this sleepy little village. He kidnapped and brutally murdered 5 young boys before finally being caught and brought to justice by DI Pete Willis.
They say that in the days leading up to their abduction his victims heard whispers in the night, luring them outside, never to be seen again.
While the village may have moved on and tried to put the past behind them DI Willis hasn’t. It’s not enough that he still blames himself for not catching the whisper man earlier and saving some of the boys. Every month he visits him in jail desperately hoping that this will be the visit that he reveals the whereabouts of the last victim Tony Smith, allowing his family to finally lay him to rest.
When another boy goes missing DI Amanda Beck is put in charge of the case. While some of the details seem eerily similar to the whisper man it can’t be him, he’s been locked up in jail for the last 20 years.
As the village frantically searches for the boy, desperately hoping history isn’t repeating itself Tom wonders if he made the right move after all.
When Tom hears Jake talking to an imaginary friend who tells him all about the whisper man, just as a stranger appears in their back garden trying to break in to their garage things take a sinister turn.
The book is told from the point of view of each of the main characters, a unique way of telling a crime story but excellent in the way it drives the story and delivers different viewpoints, letting you delve in to the mind of each character as they try and deal with everything unfolding around them.
North keeps you constantly on the edge of your seat, wondering just what’s coming next and delivering what you least expect. A true phycological thriller that doesn’t disappoint.
Extremely well written Alex Norths debut thriller is not one to be missed, I for one can’t wait to see what he comes up with next.
Michelle Worthington
Michelle's been a lover of books for as long as she can remember. She can be found curled up on the sofa with her dog and latest read most nights. If you want to know what she’s reading next you can follow her on twitter @mdworthington
