The Whisper Man

Ding ding ding!! We have an unpopular opinion on its way. I was so disappointed with this book. Urgh! It had so much potential, but in the end it was your run of the mill police procedural / domestic thriller - with NO DECENT TWISTS.

I felt no connection to any of the characters - they felt flat and tropey (I don't think that's a word but whatevs).

The best part was the ‘I see dead people' little boy - but even that potential spooky twist fell flat.

This is what should have happened. SPOILER (but not really because it didn't happen). The Whisper Man had a son he hated. Pete spent 20 years looking for the final victim of The Whisper Man, a boy named Tony Smith, whose body was never found. A boy's body is found - they assume it's Tony. INSTEAD the boy in the floor was actually the son, and the WM kept Tony alive as his son and groomed him to become his successor. Too dark?