Evil has a one track mind
Celebrated childrens author and illustrator Annie Blunt has had a dreadful year. Her husband was killed in a tragic accident, then one of her childrens books ignited a major scandal. Desperate for a fresh start, she moves with her young son Charlie to a charming small town in upstate New York where they can begin to heal.
But Annies year is about to get worse.
Bored and lonely in their isolated new surroundings, Charlie is thrilled when he finds a forgotten train set in a locked shed in the grounds of their new house. While Annie is pleased to see Charlie happy, theres something unsettling about his new toy. Strange sounds wake Annie in the night shes sure she can hear a train in the middle of the night, although there isnt an active line for miles. And then bizarre things start happening in the neighbourhood. But even stranger, Annie cant seem to stop drawing a disturbing new character that has no place in a childrens book
Grief plays tricks on the mind, but Annie is beginning to think shes walked out of one nightmare straight into another, only this one is far more terrifying
Sunday Times bestselling author Linwood Barclay enters new territory with a fiendishly twisted supernatural chiller.
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PRAISE FOR LINWOOD BARCLAY:
Linwood Barclay has crafted another perfect page-turner The Times
Pacy and tense, its a triumph from a master thriller writer. Every page makes your heart beat that little bit faster The Sun
Youll 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