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Whisper Down the Lane
- A Novel
- Narrated by: James Patrick Cronin
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Inspired by the McMartin preschool trials and the Satanic Panic of the ’80s, the critically acclaimed author of The Remaking delivers another pulse-pounding, true-crime-based horror novel.
Richard doesn’t have a past. For him, there is only the present: a new marriage to Tamara, a first chance at fatherhood to her son, Elijah, and a quiet but pleasant life as an art teacher at Elijah’s elementary school in Danvers, Virginia. Then the body of a rabbit, ritualistically murdered, appears on the school grounds with a birthday card for Richard tucked beneath it. Richard doesn’t have a birthday - but Sean does....
Sean is a five-year-old boy who has just moved to Greenfield, Virginia, with his mother. Like most mothers of the 1980s, she’s worried about bills, childcare, putting food on the table...and an encroaching threat to American life that can take the face of anyone: a politician, a friendly neighbor, or even a teacher. When Sean’s school sends a letter to the parents revealing that Sean’s favorite teacher is under investigation, a white lie from Sean lights a fire that engulfs the entire nation - and Sean and his mother are left holding the match.
Now, 30 years later, someone is here to remind Richard that they remember what Sean did. And though Sean doesn’t exist anymore, someone needs to pay the price for his lies.
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- A.M.
- 2024-09-22
When does a lie become the truth
We follow Shawn a 5 year old child who believes he needs to play a game in order to make his mom happy again. What started has a simple lie turned into a frenzy in a small town making news and destroying lives. The story is told in two POV past Shawn and future Richard and has a great twist at the end
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- James S.
- 2023-11-21
Heavy
A story with heavy themes that is not to hard to read. A great telling of the aftermath of trauma and lies.
an interesting twist ending.
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- Eric ladly
- 2023-07-07
Depressing
I don’t think this novel had its desired effect.
I was looking more for a Stephen King type of novel.
This one is frustrating in how dark it is with little to no redemption. I’m happy that it was included in the plus membership.
I didn’t have to spend a credit on it.
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