The Whisper Man
In this dark, suspenseful thriller, Alex North weaves a multi-generational tale of a father and son 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...
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Recently widowed novelist Tom Kennedy moves with his seven-year-old son Jake from Manchester to a fresh start in the quiet town of Featherbank. Twenty years earlier the killer Frank Carter snatched five small boys from Featherbank, and a few weeks after Tom and Jake arrive a new boy goes missing.
The Whisper Man was written by Alex North (the pen name of Steve Mosby) and published in 2019. North has continued writing crime thrillers under this name including The Shadow Friend and The Half Burnt House.
Yes. The Whisper Man blends serial-killer crime fiction with mounting supernatural dread. Most readers find it more atmospheric than gory, with a sustained sense of unease.
The Whisper Man is 400 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, The Whisper Man takes most readers 6 to 9 hours to finish.
The Whisper Man is a standalone novel by Steve Mosby, not part of a series.
The Whisper Man is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.