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The Whistling
A Horror Novel by Rebecca Netley
Subgenres:
- Ghost Story,
- Scottish Island,
- Gothic,
- Remote Setting,
- Nanny
This book is for you if you're into...
- Remote Scottish island settings with eerie atmospheres
- Ghost stories where music and lullabies unsettle
- Creepy dolls and unexplained child silences
From Little Stack
All alone in the world, Elspeth takes up the position of nanny and governess on the remote Scottish island of Skelthsea. Her new charge, Mary, is a troubled child who hasn't spoken a word since the sudden death of her twin brother, William, and the disappearance of their former nanny. No one will speak of what happened, and in a desperate attempt to help her charge, Elspeth searches for answers. But the islanders remain defiantly silent and close ranks to protect their own. Then there is the strange whistling that Elspeth hears at night. Is the house haunted? Or is there a more human explanation?
This unsettling gothic tale is one you need to read in the daytime. A sensational debut, it is a heart-rending exploration of loss and grief expertly merged with the chills of a ghost story.
Feel shivers down your spine with this chilling and gripping ghost story set on a far-flung Scottish island.
When Elspeth arrives on a remote Scottish island to become nanny to a young child, she hopes to bond with her. Until she learns that, for reasons no one will explain, Mary has not spoken for months.
And the girl's silence is not the only mystery.
Hypnotic lullabies drift down empty corridors. Strange dolls appear in abandoned rooms. And as the nights draw in, darker questions arise . . .
What happened to Mary's late twin, William? Why did their previous nanny disappear so suddenly? And is the whistling Elspeth hears at night just the storm outside? Or is somebody coming for her . . . ?
*Longlisted for the Ondaatje Prize*
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