Whisper Down the Lane

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 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 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. You'll keep turning the pages even as your hands shake. --Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author of Home Before Dark 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 can't stop reading. We're 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 A beguiling page-turner brimming with dread, Whisper Down the Lane is diabolical fun. --Rachel Harrison, author of The Return and Cackle Whisper Down the Lane is a brilliant nightmare. Chapman will ensnare you in a terrifying web deftly woven with lies, good intentions, childhood fears and local hysteria. From the very first chapter, you'll be caught. --Mallory O'Meara, best-selling author of The Lady from the Black Lagoon 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