~ Trade Paperback
~ New Release - 2025
Annie Blunt and her young son Charlie move to a small town looking for a fresh start, but soon become bored and lonely in their isolated new surroundings. Charlie is thrilled when he finds a forgotten train set in a locked shed on the property, and Annie is glad to see Charlie happy, but she finds something unsettling about the toy, especially when they begin being haunted by disturbing events and strange visions . . .
A supernatural chiller about a cursed toy train, a desperate mother, and an evil with a one track mind, Whistle is a macabre horror novel that lives up to the expectations of the genre.
"Whistle sees the admirable Linwood Barclay moving into the eerie eldritch territory that Stephen King has vacated.” -- Financial Times (UK)