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Graphic: Kidnapping
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder
Minor: Cursing, Torture, Stalking
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Kidnapping, Murder
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Sexual assault
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol
Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Kidnapping, Murder
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
The story follows Tom, who is a recently widowed single father, and Jake, his son. After the recent loss of Tom's wife, he decided to move him and his son to a small town, not knowing the town's dark history. About 20 years ago, there was a series of murders, done by the Whisper Man. The Whisper Man targeted little boys, whispering to them in the night before stealing them away.
Pete, an elderly detective, has caught the Whisper Man all those decades ago, and Carter, the killer behind those murders is still in prison. But now, the disappearances are starting anew...
The story was told from multiple point of views. It had an element of supernatural, where Jake sees people who aren't there. Or are these characters just the imaginations of a lonely child?
The book was fairly fast paced. There were a LOT of twists I didn't see coming. This also raises the question of evil - is evil made or born? And what is worse? A scary story kids whisper about between ourselves, or a flesh and blood murdered on the loose?
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Blood, Death of parent, Murder
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder