“If you leave a door half open, soon you’ll hear the whispers spoken...”
The Whisper Man is the story of a man and his young son who move to a new town after the death of his wife. The town has a horrible history, however, of a serial killer whose victims were young boys and who is now in jail. But soon another young boy goes missing and the man Tom and his son Jake are entwined in this story far more than they even know.
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The Whisper Man was the proclaimed “creepy” book of the summer, which people warned you would need to keep all the lights on while you read, but unfortunately that fell short for me. I think it might have been over-hyped in my head but none of the “creepy” elements ever held much weight. There were a few heart-pounding moments but at the times when I was looking for a spicy thriller I found it to be a quiet mystery more than anything else. I wasn’t shocked by the ending or surprised by any major “twists” as I hoped to be. Overall it was a high 3