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Whisper Down the Lane: A Novel [Hardback]

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  • Formāts: Hardback, 336 pages, height x width: 229x152 mm
  • Izdošanas datums: 06-Apr-2021
  • Izdevniecība: Quirk Books
  • ISBN-10: 1683692152
  • ISBN-13: 9781683692157
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  • Formāts: Hardback, 336 pages, height x width: 229x152 mm
  • Izdošanas datums: 06-Apr-2021
  • Izdevniecība: Quirk Books
  • ISBN-10: 1683692152
  • ISBN-13: 9781683692157
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"Two narratives--Richard in present day, settingling into a quiet but pleasant life as a newly married art teacher; Sean in 1980s Virginia, when cult leaders, serial killers, and stranger danger are on the rise--converge around a few small lies that spiraled into a terrible tragedy. Thirty years later, it seems someone is out for revenge."--

From the author of The Remaking, a true crime-inspired horror novel about a young boy whose little white lies about his elementary school teachers contributed to the Satanic Panic of the 80s, forcing him to hide his identity into adulthood until someone recreates his past lies at his own child's school.

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, a quiet but pleasant life as an art teacher at Elijah's elementary school, and the dream of becoming a real artist some day. Then the body of a rabbit, ritualistically murdered, appears on the school playground with a birthday card for Richard tucked beneath it. Richard is shocked; he doesn't have a birthday...but Sean does.
Sean is a six-year-old boy in 1980s Virginia. His father has just walked out and his mother is juggling multiple jobs on food stamps. Meanwhile, all the grown-ups in his life seem worried. Cult leaders, serial killers, and stranger danger is on the rise, with moral crusaders and televangelists stoking the fires of panic. In this pressure cooker environment, Sean's school sends a note to parents alerting them that a teacher is under investigation. Sean likes Mr. Woodhouse, but when his mother asks if the bruises caused by the school bully were really caused by Mr. Woodhouse, a few small lies spiral into a terrible tragedy.
Now, thirty years later, those lies are coming back to haunt Richard, because someone knows who he really is--and they're out for revenge. Inspired by the McMartin preschool trial and the Satanic Panic of the '80s, the critically praised author of The Remaking delivers a nuanced portrait of parenthood and mass hysteria.

Recenzijas

One of POPSUGARs Best New Mystery and Thriller Books of April 2021 One of Tor Nightfires Horror Books Were Most Looking Forward To in 2021 One of The Lineup's Scariest Horror Books We're Most Looking Forward to in 2021

[ A] spellbinding psychological thriller...a suspenseful tale of paranoia that will keep readers riveted until the last surprise is sprung.Publishers Weekly, starred review

Within just a few pages youll have gotten enough shocking violence, overwhelming fear and psychological intrigue to keep you hooked for hours.BookPage, starred review

Creepy and engaging, this is a tale for readers who enjoy true crime like We Believe the Children by Richard Beck (2015), horror like Grady Hendrix's My Best Friend's Exorcism (2016), and intensely disorienting psychological suspense like Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin (2017).Booklist

This clever, creepy roller-coaster ride is perfect for fans of fast-paced horror with the flavor of true crime.Library Journal

A potent, compulsive thriller...one of the most gripping novels Ive read this year.SFFWorld

Chapman expertly taps into the hysteria of the famed Satanic Panic, creating a chilling, psychological thriller that keeps the reader guessing and worrying, wondering whats real.Daily Dead

Devilishly good. In Whisper Down the Lane, Clay McLeod Chapman has given us a diabolically creepy hybrid of horror and psychological suspense that thrills as much as it unsettles. Youll keep turning the pages even as your hands shake.Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author of Home Before Dark

A ruthlessly compelling novel, where two stories close on each other like a clawa truly diabolical nightmare that daylight cant dispelall the more terrifying for what it tells us of ourselves.Ramsey Campbell, author of The Wise Friend and The Searching Dead

In Whisper Down the Lane, Clay McLeod Chapman has gifted readers a novel that is darkly compelling, deeply discomfiting, and achingly human. We squirm as the dread and terror mount, but we cant stop reading. Were under the spell of a true storyteller, and bound to follow him wherever he takes us. Prepare to surrender some sleep for this twisting tale of family, memory, identity, and the weight of old sins.Shaun Hamill, author of A Cosmology of Monsters

Praise for Clay McLeod Chapman Chapman is the storyteller supreme.Andy Davidson, author of The Hollow Kind

One of horrors modern masters.Rachel Harrison, national best-selling author of Cackle and Such Sharp Teeth

A not-to-miss horror novelist.Library Journal

Chapman is a maestro at building grim suspense to the point of unimaginable consequences, proving genuine horror dwells in the world we live in today.Mystery and Suspense Magazine

"Chapman is the 21st centurys Richard Matheson. Hes that good.Richard Chizmar, New York Times best-selling author of Chasing the Boogeyman

Clay McLeod Chapman is the creator of the storytelling session The Pumpkin Pie Show and the author of rest area, nothing untoward, and the Tribe trilogy. He is the co-author of the middle grade novel Wendell and Wild, with Nightmare Before Christmas director Henry Selick. In the world of comics, Chapman s work includes Lazaretto, Iron Fist: Phantom Limb, and Edge of Spiderverse, among others. He also writes for the screen, including The Boy (SXSW 2015), Henley (Sundance 2012), and late bloomer (Sundance 2005).