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Whisper down the lane / Clay McLeod Chapman.
"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."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781683692157 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 301 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Philadelphia, PA : Quirk Books, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Truthfulness and falsehood > Fiction. Revenge > Fiction. Virginia > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Horror fiction. Psychological fiction. Paranormal fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Chapm | 31681010230886 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
When Seanâs favorite teacher is investigated in 1980 after a ritualistically murdered rabbit is discovered on school grounds, he tells a white lie that starts a chain reaction that comes back to haunt him 30 years later. - Baker & Taylor
"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."-- - Random House, Inc.
âA diabolically creepy hybrid of horror and psychological suspense that thrills as much as it unsettles.ââRiley Sager, New York Times best-selling author of Home Before Dark
A pulse-pounding, true-crime-based horror novel inspired by the McMartin preschool trial and Satanic Panic of the â80s.
Richard doesnât have a past. For him, there is only the present: a new marriage, a first chance at fatherhood, and a quiet life as an art teacher in Virginia. Then the body of a ritualistically murdered rabbit appears on his schoolâs playground, along with a birthday card for him. But Richard hasnât celebrated his birthday since he was known as Sean . . .
In the 1980s, Sean was five years old when his mother unwittingly led him to tell a lie about his teacher. When school administrators, cops, and therapists questioned him, he told another. And another. And another. Each was more outlandish than the lastâand fueled a moral panic that engulfed the nation and destroyed the lives of everyone around him.
Now, thirty years later, someone is here to tell Richard that they know what Sean did. But who would even know that these two are one and the same? Whisper Down the Lane is a tense and compulsively readable exploration of a world primed by paranoia to believe the unbelievable.
