by Steve Mosby
First published 2019
Tom Kennedy packs up his life after his wife dies. He takes his son Jake to Featherbank for a clean slate. The town carries scars from twenty years past when Frank Carter stalked children. Carter whispered at bedroom windows before taking five young victims. Police caught him and locked him away. Now Jake and Tom unpack boxes in their new house. A local boy disappears. The crime mirrors Carter's old pattern. Detectives Amanda Beck and Pete Willis wonder if Carter had help they never found. Pete knows he must face Carter in prison to find answers. Jake starts behaving oddly. He claims someone whispers outside his window at night. Tom realizes their fresh start has dropped them into an old nightmare that never truly ended.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, psychological-thriller
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Featherbank
Period: 20 Years Ago
355 pages · Hardcover · Celadon Books
Content warnings: child-death, murder, violence