From the New York Times bestselling author of The Whisper Man and The Shadows comes a dark, suspenseful new thriller about the mysteries of fate, the unbreakable bond of siblings, and a notorious serial killer who was said to know the future.
Growing up in a beautiful house in the English countryside, Katie Shaw lived a charmed life. At the cusp of graduation, she had big dreams, a devoted boyfriend, and a little brother she protected fiercely. Until the day a violent stranger changed the fate of her family forever.
Years later, still unable to live down the guilt surrounding what happened to her brother, Chris, and now with a child of her own to protect, Katie struggles to separate the real threats from the imagined. Then she gets the phone call: Chris has gone missing and needs his big sister once more.
Meanwhile, Detective Laurence Page is facing a particularly gruesome crime. A distinguished professor of fate and free will has been brutally murdered just hours after firing his staff. All the leads point back to two old cases: the gruesome attack on teenager Christopher Shaw, and the despicable crimes of a notorious serial killer who, legend had it, could see the future.
Publisher: Macmillan
Original Binding: Hardcover with dust jacket
Pages: 336 pages
ISBN-10: 125075786X
Item Weight: 1.1 lbs
Dimensions: 6.6 x 1.1 x 9.6 inches
Customer Reviews: 3 out of 5 stars 1,001 to 10,000 ratings
Praise for THE SHADOWS "This is absorbing, headlong reading, a play on classic horror with an inventiveness of its own... As with all the best illusions, you are left feeling not tricked, but full of wonder." - The New York Times "If you liked The Whisper Man, you'll love this. Alex North has crafted a second novel which is just as gripping as his first and even scarier. Hugely atmospheric and deliciously creepy, it's about how the past encroaches on the present, and how dreaming influences reality, until in the frightening world of The Shadows, it becomes harder and harder to tell one from the other... and the nightmare takes over." - Alex Michaelides, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Silent Patient "North follows up his sensational debut, 2019's The Whisper Man, with another terrifying sping-tingler... This heart-pounding page-turner is impossible to put down." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Praise for THE WHISPER MAN: "Works beautifully… If you like being terrified, The Whisper Man has your name on it." - The New York Times (Editor's Pick) "Superb." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Poignant and terrifying…Take a deep breath before diving into this one." - Entertainment Weekly "Brilliant…an affirmation of the power of the father-son relationship…will satisfy readers of Thomas Harris and Stephen King." - Booklist (starred review)
Alex North is the internationally bestselling author of The Whisper Man and The Shadows. He lives in Leeds, England, with his wife and son, and is a British crime writer who has previously published under another name.
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