Great story, very engaging. ( )

I've had this book on my Amazon book list forever......I finally got it.....I wished I had read it sooner.

Perfect pacing, believable characters, spine tingling events, suspense.......its all here. The ending was dynamic!

Well done Mr North!! 5 🌟 ( )

Tom Kennedy is a novelist who has not written much in the ten months since his wife, Rebecca, suddenly passed away. Adding to Tom's misery is the fact that he has difficulty communicating with his only child, seven-year-old, Jake. The boy is imaginative and loves art, but he is a loner, can be sullen, and is still healing after losing the mother he adored. In an effort to start fresh, Tom buys an odd-looking house in a place called Featherbank which, it turns out, is probably not the best choice for this depressed pair. Jake enrolls in school, but his odd behavior (he speaks to imaginary friends) and lack of social skills make him the target of bullies. As if this is not upsetting enough, this town is notorious for being the site where a serial killer, Frank Carson, kidnapped and killed five boys twenty year earlier. Only four of the bodies were recovered. Frank, who is in prison, is an unrepentant sadist who is proud of his macabre crimes.

“The Whisper Man,” by Alex North, sticks closely to the conventions of its genre. A six-year-old, Neil Spencer, walks home from school alone, and disappears before he reaches his destination; the aforementioned serial killer, Frank Carson, seems to know more than he is willing to reveal to the authorities; and fifty-six-year-old DI Pete Willis, a recovering alcoholic, has disturbing memories that gives him no peace. Tom Kennedy, meanwhile, is trying to earn Jake's trust so that they can attempt to rebuild their broken family.

Alas, the book's pace is sluggish, the revelations are foreshadowed before they are divulged, and the predictable conclusion is disappointingly flat. In addition, this work of fiction has a supernatural element that is never fully developed. "The Whisper Man" lacks the suspense, depth, and originality that might have made it a memorable thriller. Still, Alex North effectively and poignantly conveys the idea that the failure of fathers to bond in a wholesome manner with their sons can have long-lasting and tragic consequences.
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What a debut book! This was a BOTM selection and I'm so glad I chose it.

Tom and his 7 year old son, Jake, move to Featherbank to escape the sadness of their previous house after Tom's wife (Jake's mom) passes away suddenly. Several years earlier, a young boy was kidnapped in Featherbank by the Whisper Man, who whispers outside the home of the victim to lure them out. The Whisper Man is caught and in jail serving his sentence.

Shortly after Tom and Jake move there, another young boy is abducted. Did The Whisper Man have an accomplice or is this a copycat? Detectives Amanda Beck and Pete Willis are investigating the newest abduction but Pete is still haunted by an earlier case involving The Whisper Man because one of the boys' bodies has never been found.

And then Jake starts talking to an imaginary friend who tells him a poem about The Whisper Man and then Jake starts hearing whispering outside his window..... ( )

Interesting story did not see the twists coming, but at the same time this pulled on my heart stings. ( )