Because that teacher is not at school, Tom and his friend, Karen, visit George at his home. Did this book start off as a story on Reddit/NoSleep? I was confused with the ending? Release Date: August 20, 2019. You can pose questions to the Goodreads community with Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Title: The Whisper Man. Jake was saved. Alex North’s The Whisper Man went on my radar because of all the positive hype it received on bookstagram. Comment document.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id", "aa7718b80b3e975bd07a3b4d99d5b4df" );document.getElementById("ab316ff1d9").setAttribute( "id", "comment" ); Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. The Whisper Man by Alex North. This book was a mix of supernatural, crime and family relationships (good and bad) and I thought it was blended well. Instead, George pulled his shirt up over his face, showing that he knew his father intended to kill him. Reader Q&A, The Whisper Man also targeted young boys and Pete was the one who found the killer (and the boy’s bodies). The scene of the butterflies in the garage when the father finds the bones is ringing big big bells for me as having read it before. George believed incorrectly that his father would be proud of him and that he would be protected by the same group of inmates that protected his father. Art; Biography; Business; Children's; Christian; Classics; Comics; Cookbooks; Ebooks; Fantasy; Fiction; Graphic Novels; Historical Fiction; History; Horror; Memoir; Music; Mystery; Nonfiction; Poet All in all, it was a fantastic suspense/thriller book, and I rate it 5 stars! I think the implication is that he does kill Francis. Tom searched the garage, hoping to find what the man wanted so badly. [Do you guys think Jake was able to see and speak with ghosts? Calling All Ruth Ware Fans: This Is the Book to Get You Through the End of Summer, Mandy Moore & Isla Fisher Just Twinned in Matching (Affordable!) I shook my head and the image disappeared. Are Pete’s annual prison visits to Frank Carter of Pete’s doing or is this something Frank stipulated as a condition of telling Pete where Tony Smith is buried? Now another little boy is missing. everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Whisper Man. Have you read this book yet? © 2010-2020 Wow Media Products, Inc doing business as PureWow. The case bears striking similarities to a string of 20-year-old murders committed by the serial killer called The Whisper Man. The name alone conjured up such horror for him that it always felt like it should never be spoken out loud—as though it was some kind of curse that would summon a monster behind you. It was a case that broke him though and he drank heavily and lost his wife and child, continuing to feel guilt years later (now sober and fit) that one of the boy’s bodies was never found. Polka-Dot Dresses. The Whisper Man was inspired by North's own little boy, who mentioned one day that he was playing with "the boy in the floor."