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Alex North (2) (1976–)

Autor(a) de The Whisper Man

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Alex North (2) foi considerado como pseudónimo de Steve Mosby.

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Obras por Alex North

Foram atribuídas obras ao autor também conhecido como Steve Mosby.

The Whisper Man (2018) 1,911 exemplares
The Shadows (2020) 1,085 exemplares
The Angel Maker (2023) 179 exemplares
The Half Burnt House (2023) 11 exemplares

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Conhecimento Comum

Nome legal
Mosby, Steve
Data de nascimento
1976
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
UK
Local de nascimento
Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
Locais de residência
Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
Educação
Filosofie, Universiteit Leeds,
Agente
Sandra Sawicka (Marjacq (UK))

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Great thriller, with a slight supernatural aspect to it. Although I found it a tad predictable, it still kept my interest and kept me reading. I almost gave it 4 stars but the last chapter really got me and broke my heart a bit. I don’t want to give anything away but there was a lot of emotion packed into that last short chapter.
 
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jbrownleo | 117 outras críticas | Mar 27, 2024 |
The people who have reviewed this book here have given it rave reviews, and I am left wondering if we read the same book because I thought it was a mess, particularly at the end. At times, I thought it had potential and there were enough creepy spots that it kept me reading. The way the mystery was resolved, though, was so out of left field that it made me annoyed that I did finish the book.
 
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flourgirl49 | 43 outras críticas | Mar 3, 2024 |
What a debut book! This was a BOTM selection and I'm so glad I chose it.

Tom and his 7 year old son, Jake, move to Featherbank to escape the sadness of their previous house after Tom's wife (Jake's mom) passes away suddenly. Several years earlier, a young boy was kidnapped in Featherbank by the Whisper Man, who whispers outside the home of the victim to lure them out. The Whisper Man is caught and in jail serving his sentence.

Shortly after Tom and Jake move there, another young boy is abducted. Did The Whisper Man have an accomplice or is this a copycat? Detectives Amanda Beck and Pete Willis are investigating the newest abduction but Pete is still haunted by an earlier case involving The Whisper Man because one of the boys' bodies has never been found.

And then Jake starts talking to an imaginary friend who tells him a poem about The Whisper Man and then Jake starts hearing whispering outside his window.....
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Cathie_Dyer | 117 outras críticas | Feb 29, 2024 |
There are few thrills in this "thriller" and little suspense in this "suspense" novel. As for horror ... North is apparently so afraid of offending his readers that he uses only the vaguest terms to describe the "grisly" and "horrific" crimes. People died. There was blood. (One does not wish for sado-porn, but, it's really difficult to work up much emotional reaction to "grisly".)

Basically, the story follows a young man who narrowly escaped an attack by a serial killer when he was in his teens. Decades later, it seems he is being targeted again, and his sister is attempting to locate him and get him out of harm's way. Meanwhile, a team of investigators attempts to solve the murder of an elderly philosophy professor. How these two events intertwine forms the meat of the plot.

North tells (but doesn't show) us that the male-female detective team has a working relationship built on complementary strengths and a cynical back-and-forth kind of one-upmanship, but it never gets off the ground.

None of the Big Reveals in the book should come as a surprise to any reader who's been paying attention.

Readers seeking true horror and suspense with a quirky relationship between investigators would be much better off turning to any of the Lincoln Rhyme novels.
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LyndaInOregon | 21 outras críticas | Feb 18, 2024 |

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Obras
4
Membros
3,186
Popularidade
#8,020
Avaliação
3.8
Críticas
187
ISBN
91
Línguas
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