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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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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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- Annette Wright
- 02-04-22
Excellent!
Brilliantly written, well developed story. Characters and plot are engaging. Great ending. Very well performed too. Highly recommend.
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- JOJO
- 09-06-23
Surprisingly good
I often give up on stories like this. They never quite get it right. Or the story is good but I don't enjoy the way it's read.
Give this one a go. It's got a few twists. Keeps you listening, and it's read well.
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- Violet dreams
- 25-05-22
I loved this
Was gripped by this audio book. Great story and narration. Can recommend it. Pleasant surprise as I have not listened to this authors work before.
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- Lily
- 02-05-21
another great piece from a great author
Once again, this has been another amazing slow burn roller coaster of emotion and feeling throughout. the book is amazing and that is only helped by the great performance of the narrater. Clay this is again awesome, thank you
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- Anonymous User
- 15-03-22
brilliant
brilliant read rather creepy give me more , great narrator makes all the difference
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- BlakWulf
- 24-05-22
Deeply moving and disturbing
Ever wonder what a modern day Salem Witch trial might be like? Well, this is it. The tale gradually unfolds and it is disturbing on a number of levels. It's very good. Dark, funny, sickening, sweet, complex and simple. It is all of these things.
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- Ana
- 27-08-22
Very interesting read
Loved everything about it. Great narrator.
This left me feeling a lot of things; sympathy and anger towards the 'victim'. I still don't know how I feel about him and the lies he told and the lives he destroyed.
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- Russell McKee
- 11-12-22
A good book.
First off the narrator in this was was good. I did have to speed it up to 1.1. But he didn’t have an annoying voice kept pace and was a narrator that I would listen to again.
1. The front page cover is misleading ( which I guess is my own fault and my interpretation) was expecting it to be a supernatural story and it wasn’t. Or if it did. It was very limited.
2. It must be really hard writing from the point of view of a five year old or for any child of a young age. After working with children for years they just don’t think the way the author wrote that they do. But again some of the story was from their point of view so I could see how the author would have to embellish a bit to get the story across.
I always say if a writer can get you to hate and have a character grate on u then they have written the book well. And the child psychologist in this did that. So much I had to switch off calm down and stop shouting at my phone.
I did enjoy this book. I liked how it went back and forth between the older and younger person. It was well written and I didn’t get the twist so that’s a bonus. If u are after an easy read then this will suit u. Though it does contain a small amount of implied child abuse. So if u don’t like a book with that in it. I wouldn’t choose this one.
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- Rose
- 06-08-22
wow, what a book
What happens when one tosses a stone in to a pond? Does it skim for a moment or tow or does it sink? There are ripples that flow outwards from where the stone finally lands, after the initial splash anyway. that, essentially is this book with the pond being life and the tone being the lies while the ripples radiating out from it are thee effects of one simple lie told to please an adult because a child thinks it’s what she wants to hear. it’s an incredible book. Only one thing and it’s a small thing. The song Shaun and his mother were singing at the start? They couldn’t have. The song was not released until 1984 and this was apparently this was 1982 so that part s wrong but, it’s a small thing easily enough corrected with just a bit of fact checking.
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- Hawt
- 09-07-22
satanic panic who done what
a fun listen with serious undertone- horrible to think how lies escalate and ruin lives. if you enjoyed this you would probably enjoy Grady Hendrix my best friends exorcism, I loved both :)
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