Whistle
A Novel
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Narrated by:
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Eva Kaminsky
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Linwood Barclay
About this listen
“Terrific.”—Stephen King on Whistle
New York Times bestselling author Linwood Barclay enters new territory with a supernatural chiller in which a woman and her young son move to a small town looking for a fresh start, only to be haunted by disturbing events and strange visions when they find a mysterious train set in a storage shed.
Evil has a one track mind....
Annie Blunt has had an unimaginably terrible year. First, her husband was killed in a tragic hit-and-run accident, then one of the children’s books she’s built her writing and illustrating career on ignited a major scandal. Desperate for a fresh start, she moves with her son Charlie to a charming small town in upstate New York where they can begin to heal.
But Annie’s year is about to get worse.
Bored and lonely in their isolated new surroundings, Charlie is thrilled when he finds a forgotten train set in a locked shed on their property. Annie is glad to see Charlie happy, but there’s something unsettling about his new toy. Strange sounds wake Annie in the night—she could swear she hears a train, but there isn’t an active track for miles—and bizarre things begin happening in the neighborhood. Worse, Annie can’t seem to stop drawing a disturbing new character that has no place in a children’s book.
Grief can do strange things to the mind, but Annie is beginning to think she’s walked out of one nightmare straight into another, only this one is far more terrifying…
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- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 1
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Story3 out of 5 stars 1
A mysterious stranger shows up at Riccardo’s apartment with some news: his grandmother Perihan has died, and Riccardo has inherited her villa in Milan along with her famed butterfly collection. The struggling writer is out of options. He’s hoping the change of scenery in Milan will inspire him, and maybe there will be some money to keep him afloat. But Perihan’s house isn’t as opulent as he remembers. The butterflies pinned in their glass cases seem more ominous than artful. Perihan’s group of mysterious old friends is constantly lurking. And there’s something wrong in the greenhouse.
By: Yigit Turhan
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Aftertaste
- By: Daria Lavelle
- Narrated by: Ari Fliakos, Tessa Albertson, André Santana, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
Konstantin Duhovny is a haunted man. His father died when he was ten, and ghosts have been hovering around him ever since. Kostya can’t exactly see the ghosts, but he can taste their favorite foods. Flavors of meals he’s never eaten will flood his mouth, a sign that a spirit is present. Kostya has kept these aftertastes a secret for most of his life, but one night, he decides to act on what he’s tasting. And everything changes.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Heart Wrenching
- By April A. on 05-20-25
By: Daria Lavelle
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Of Monsters and Mainframes
- By: Barbara Truelove
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Demeter just wants to do her job: shuttling humans between Earth and Alpha Centauri. Unfortunately, her passengers keep dying—and not from equipment failures, as her AI medical system, Steward, would have her believe. These are paranormal murders, and they began when one nasty, ancient vampire decided to board Demeter and kill all her humans. To keep from getting decommissioned, Demeter must join forces with her own team of monsters. Together, this motley crew will face down the ultimate evil—Dracula.
By: Barbara Truelove
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The Starving Saints
- A Novel
- By: Caitlin Starling
- Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Aymar Castle has been under siege for six months. Food is running low and there has been no sign of rescue. But just as the survivors consider deliberately thinning their number, the castle stores are replenished. The sick are healed. And the divine figures of the Constant Lady and her Saints have arrived, despite the barricaded gates, offering succor in return for adoration. Soon, the entire castle is under the sway of their saviors, partaking in intoxicating feasts of terrible origin.
By: Caitlin Starling
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I Will Ruin You
- A Novel
- By: Linwood Barclay
- Narrated by: George Newbern, Johnathan McClain
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 365
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 331
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 331
It’s a question everyone asks themselves, but few have to face in real life. English teacher Richard Boyle certainly never thought he would find himself talking down a former student intent on harming others, but when Mark LeDrew shows up at Richard’s school with a bomb strapped to his chest, Richard immediately jumps into action. Thanks to some quick thinking, he averts a major tragedy and is hailed as a hero, but not all the attention focused on him is positive.
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5 out of 5 stars
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It could have been me
- By Beguiling on 06-29-24
By: Linwood Barclay
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The Lie Maker
- A Novel
- By: Linwood Barclay
- Narrated by: Johnathan McClain, Graham Halstead
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 402
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 335
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 336
Your dad’s not a good person. Your dad killed people, son. These are some of the last words Jack Givins’ father spoke to him before he was whisked away by witness protection, leaving Jack and his mother to pick up the shattered pieces of their lives as best they could. Years later, Jack is a grown man with problems of his own. He’s a talented but struggling author, barely scraping by on the royalties from his moderately successful first book. So when the U.S. Marshals approach him with a lucrative opportunity, he’s in no position to turn them down.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow!
- By Dee Norenberg on 05-17-23
By: Linwood Barclay
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Too Close to Home
- By: Linwood Barclay
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 493
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 422
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 418
In a quiet suburban neighborhood, in the house next door, a family is brutally murdered for no apparent reason. You can't help thinking, "That could have been us". And you start to wonder, "What if we're next?" That's the question Jim and Ellen Cutter are asking, and the answers aren't reassuring.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Plots and subplots galore
- By shelley on 04-10-14
By: Linwood Barclay
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The Thorns
- By: Dawn Kurtagich
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 13 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4 out of 5 stars 5
Stacey is the dusty air, the cracked soil, the drought. To thirteen-year-old Bethany Sloane, she’s everything. Abandoned by her mother at a remote African boarding school, Bethany will do anything to stay in Stacey’s good graces. And that means learning the rules of each twisted game.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This book is a work of art!
- By Heather Poet on 04-17-25
By: Dawn Kurtagich
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The Manor of Dreams
- By: Christina Li
- Narrated by: Catherine Ho
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 4
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Story3 out of 5 stars 4
Vivian Yin is dead. The first Chinese actress to win an Oscar, the trailblazing ingénue rose to fame in the eighties, only to disappear from the spotlight at the height of her career to live out the rest of her life as a recluse. Now her remaining family members are gathered for the reading of her will, and her daughters expect to inherit their childhood home: Vivian’s grand, sprawling, Southern California garden estate. But due to a last-minute change to the will, the house is passed on to another family instead—one that has suddenly returned after decades of estrangement.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Eerily Well-Written!
- By KC on 05-21-25
By: Christina Li
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Trust Your Eyes
- By: Linwood Barclay
- Narrated by: Ken Marks, Rick Holmes
- Length: 14 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,086
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 976
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 978
Thomas Kilbride is a map-obsessed schizophrenic so affected that he rarely leaves the self-imposed bastion of his bedroom. But with a computer program called Whirl360.com, he travels the world while never so much as stepping out the door. He pores over and memorizes the streets of the world. He examines every address, as well as the people who are frozen in time on his computer screen. Then he sees something that anyone else might have stumbled upon - but has not - in a street view of downtown New York City: an image in a window. An image that looks like a woman being murdered.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of 2013's best!
- By karen on 09-07-13
By: Linwood Barclay
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The Staircase in the Woods
- By: Chuck Wendig
- Narrated by: Jay Myers, Amber Benson, Xe Sands
- Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 126
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 123
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Story4 out of 5 stars 123
Five high school friends are bonded by an oath to protect one another no matter what. Then, on a camping trip in the middle of the forest, they find something extraordinary: a mysterious staircase to nowhere. One friend walks up—and never comes back down. Then the staircase disappears. Twenty years later, the staircase has reappeared. Now the group returns to find the lost boy—and what lies beyond the staircase in the woods.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I was finally actually afraid
- By Anonymous User on 05-02-25
By: Chuck Wendig
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The Man Made of Smoke
- A Novel
- By: Alex North
- Narrated by: Shane Zaza
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 20
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Story4 out of 5 stars 19
Dan Garvie’s life has been haunted by the crime he witnessed as a child—narrowly escaping an encounter with a notorious serial killer. He has dedicated his life since to becoming a criminal profiler, eager to seek justice for innocent victims. So when his father passes away under suspicious circumstances, Dan revisits his small island community, determined to uncover the truth about his death. Is it possible that the monster he remembers from his childhood nightmares has returned after all these years?
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3 out of 5 stars
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Mixed on this
- By Molly B on 05-21-25
By: Alex North
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Eat the Ones You Love
- By: Sarah Maria Griffin
- Narrated by: Barry McStay, Lauren O’Leary
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story4 out of 5 stars 8
After losing her job and her fiancé and moving back from the city to live with her parents, Shell Pine needs some help. And according to the sign in the window, the florist shop in the mall does too. Shell gets the gig, and the flowers she works with there are just the thing she needs to cheer up. Or maybe it’s Neve, the beautiful shop manager, who is making her days so rosy? But you have to get your hands dirty if you want your garden to grow—and Neve’s secrets are as dark and dangerous as they come.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing book
- By Rose Bowen on 05-08-25
