by Steve Mosby
First published 2019
Tom Kennedy packs up his life after his wife dies suddenly. He takes his young son Jake to Featherbank for a fresh start. The town carries scars from twenty years ago when Frank Carter murdered five people. Carter earned the name "The Whisper Man" because he lured victims by whispering at their bedroom windows. Police finally caught him and locked him away. Now a local boy disappears. The crime mirrors Carter's methods exactly. Detectives Amanda Beck and Pete Willis race to find the missing child. Old theories resurface about Carter working with a partner. Pete must visit his old nemesis in prison to get answers. Meanwhile Jake starts behaving oddly in their new house. He claims someone whispers at his window at night. Tom faces every parent's nightmare as his son becomes connected to a killer's return.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, detective
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, suspenseful
Tropes: family-secrets, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Featherbank
Period: 20 years ago
32 pages · Kindle Edition · Celadon Books
Content warnings: murder, violence