Whisper Down the Lane: A Novel

Inspired by the McMartin preschool trials and the Satanic Panic of the \x2780s, the critically acclaimed author of The Remaking <\/i>delivers another pulse\-pounding, true\-crime\-based horror novel.<\/b><\/p>Richard doesn\x27t have a past. For him, there is only the present: a new marriage to Tamara, a first chance at fatherhood to her son Elijah, and a quiet but pleasant life as an art teacher at Elijah\x27s elementary school in Danvers, Virginia. Then the body of a rabbit, ritualistically murdered, appears on the school grounds with a birthday card for Richard tucked beneath it. Richard doesn\x27t have a birthday\-\-but Sean does ...<\/p>Sean is a five\-year\-old boy who has just moved to Greenfield, Virginia, with his mother. Like most mothers of the 1980s, she\x27s worried about bills, childcare, putting food on the table ... and an encroaching threat to American life that can take the face of anyone: a politician, a friendly neighbor, or even a teacher. When Sean\x27s school sends a letter to the parents revealing that Sean\x27s favorite teacher is under investigation, a white lie from Sean lights a fire that engulfs the entire nation\-\-and Sean and his mother are left holding the match.<\/p>Now, thirty years later, someone is here to remind Richard that they remember what Sean did. And though Sean doesn\x27t exist anymore, someone needs to pay the price for his lies.<\/p>

About the Author

Clay McLeod Chapman writes novels, comic books, and children's books, as well as for film and TV. He is the author of the horror novels The Remaking and Whisper Down the Lane.

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