Audiobook, Horror

Whistle by Linwood Barclay @linwoodbarclay @evakaminskyaudiobooks @linwoodbarclay.bsky.social @harperaudio #Whistle

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the setup…
Annie Blunt is a children’s book author, famous for her Pierce the Penguin series. She’s had an awful year beginning with the death of her husband John from a hit and run accident on the streets of New York City. Then came a heartbreaking tragedy tied back to her book series. Her agent and friend suggested a change of venue for the summer might be the balm needed for her to recover emotionally and professionally. She packs up her son Charlie and they move into a home in a small upstate New York town. When Charlie finds an old train set in the backyard shed, their lives are forever changed.

the heart of the story…
Charlie setting up that train set is a game changer. He’s mesmerized by it and strange things begin to occur. Annie hears a train whistle in the middle of the night, even though there isn’t a rail system nearby. Meanwhile, we also get the point of view of Lucknow Police Chief Harry Cook in Vermont who is investigating some weird disappearances in his small town. They seem to be tied to a new shop called Choo Choo’s Trains and its odd proprietor. Every family with one of those train sets gets their own little surprise.

the narration…
Eva Kaminsky is a favorite for good reasons and she delivers a most chilling performance here! Her “chuff, chuff, chuff” will repeat in my head for a long time!

the bottom line…
Barclay is an auto read for me so I went into this blind, not knowing this was a departure from his normal genre. It took me awhile to figure that out and I gotta say his new venture was horror perfection. I’ll never, ever look at a train the same way again or hear the sounds without thinking of this story. I was on the edge of my seat until the last page.

Book Info

  • Release Date: June 10, 2025
  • Narrator: Eva Kaminsky
  • Audio Length: 12 hours, 53 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperAudio

 

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21 thoughts on “Whistle by Linwood Barclay @linwoodbarclay @evakaminskyaudiobooks @linwoodbarclay.bsky.social @harperaudio #Whistle”

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  10. I am also a huge Barclay fan, but had no idea this was horror. I still enjoyed it and am glad to say that my son has finished taking apart his dad’s train set that was in my basement.

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