Whistle

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'Terrific' STEPHEN KING

Evil has a one track mind

Celebrated childrens author and illustrator Annie Blunt has had a dreadful year. Her husband was killed in a tragic accident, then one of her childrens books ignited a major scandal. Desperate for a fresh start, she moves with her young son Charlie to a charming small town in upstate New York where they can begin to heal.

But Annies year is about to get worse.

Bored and lonely in their isolated new surroundings, Charlie is thrilled when he finds a forgotten train set in a locked shed in the grounds of their new house. While Annie is pleased to see Charlie happy, theres something unsettling about his new toy. Strange sounds wake Annie in the night shes sure she can hear a train in the middle of the night, although there isnt an active line for miles. And then bizarre things start happening in the neighbourhood. But even stranger, Annie cant seem to stop drawing a disturbing new character that has no place in a childrens book

Grief plays tricks on the mind, but Annie is beginning to think shes walked out of one nightmare straight into another, only this one is far more terrifying

Sunday Times bestselling author Linwood Barclay enters new territory with a fiendishly twisted supernatural chiller.

PRAISE FOR LINWOOD BARCLAY:

Linwood Barclay has crafted another perfect page-turner The Times

Pacy and tense, its a triumph from a master thriller writer. Every page makes your heart beat that little bit faster The Sun

Youll be left speed-reading towards the end to discover answers expertly posed by the bestselling Toronto-based crime writer The Independent

Totally absorbing brilliant stuff Neil Lancaster

A superior thriller Sunday Times

A suspense master Stephen King

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PRAISE FOR LINWOOD BARCLAY:

Devilishly good Shari Lapena

The novel speeds from first page to last Bravo! Jeffery Deaver

A fast-moving, high-concept thriller from the talented Barclay Daily Mail

Linwood Barclay is in a class of his own T.M. Logan

One of the finest thriller writers in the world at the very top of his game Mark Billingham

Author Bio

Linwood Barclay is an international bestselling crime and thriller author with over twenty critically acclaimed novels to his name, including the phenomenal number one bestseller No Time For Goodbye. Every Linwood Barclay book is a masterclass in characterisation, plot and the killer twist, and with sales of over 7 million copies globally, his books have been sold in more than 39 countries around the world and he can count Stephen King, Shari Lapena and Peter James among his many fans. Many of his books have been optioned for film and TV, and Linwood wrote the screenplay for the film based on his bestselling novel Never Saw It Coming. He is currently working with eOne to turn the Promise Falls trilogy into a series. Born in the US, his parents moved to Canada just as he was turning four, and he's lived there ever since. He lives in Toronto with his wife, Neetha. They have two grown children.