Whistle

'Terrific' STEPHEN KING 'First-class storytelling. Hooked from the first page, I raced through the book in one sitting' Five Star Reader Review 'Dark and thoroughly absorbing' Five Star Reader Review * * * * *When you hear it, be afraid... Annie Blunt and her young son Charlie moved to their house in upstate New York to put a dreadful year behind them. The death of her husband and a scandal around one of her children's books left them both needing a fresh start. But things aren't as peaceful as Annie hoped. Strange sounds wake her in the middle of the night. There's something sinister about the toy train Charlie discovers in a locked shed in the grounds. And then bizarre things start happening in the neighbourhood. Grief can play tricks on the mind, but Annie is beginning to realise she's walked out of one nightmare and straight into another... 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, it's a triumph from a master thriller writer. Every page makes your heart beat that little bit faster' The Sun 'You'll 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 * * * * *Readers are gripped by WHISTLE! 'Whistle is simply genius ... my favourite book of [Linwood Barclay's] I've ever read' Five Star Reader Review 'A twisty horror thriller with a Stephen King feel. Do yourself a favour and read this book' Five Star Reader Review 'Bravo Mr Barclay - Brilliant ... everything I want from a book was here and so much more! I enjoyed every twisted minute of it' Five Star Reader Review

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 seven 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. 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. Visit Linwood Barclay at www.linwoodbarclay.com or find him on Twitter at @linwood_barclay.