WHEN THE VOICES CALL, DON'T ANSWER...
In the wake of his parents' tragic deaths fourteen-year-old Richard Elauved has been sent to live with his aunt and uncle in the remote town of Ballantyne.
Richard quickly earns a reputation as an outcast, and when a classmate named Tom goes missing, no one believes him when he says the telephone booth out by the edge of the woods sucked Tom into the receiver like something out of a horror movie.
No one, that is, except the enigmatic Karen, who encourages Richard to pursue clues the police refuse to investigate. He traces the number to an abandoned house in the woods. There he catches a glimpse of a terrifying face in the window. And then the voices start.
When another classmate disappears, Richard grapples with the dark magic that's possessing Ballantyne to try and find them before its too late...
I almost have no words. As a Jo Nesbo fan of Harry Hole I know that he is a fabulous writer. This however, is just another level. It has been going through my mind all day since I finished the book last night and I just don't even know where someone would even get this idea from - let alone be able to write it so brilliantly!! I honestly feel. mind blown.
But anyway I'm racing ahead here - I'll be honest I started reading and my brain was like 'what on earth am I reading' whilst simultaneously going 'I need to find out where this is going, I'm intrigued'. (***I probably should add a disclaimer here that I am a nightmare and don't read blurbs for books. I literally see an author, cover or title that looks good and I'm like - let's read it! So I hadn't a clue what I was in for).
So we get to the end of part one - and I have been gripped throughout and then sat wondering to myself why there is a part two as there isn't really anything else to come surely?
Part two is just brilliant, I thought it wasn't needed and then it beautifully follows on from part one and everything makes sense and it's great, until things get slightly weird and then I'm back to being confused. Gripped, confused but absolutely loving it.
I then see part three and I'm like - I can't cope - what are we in for next? It was just incredible, absolutely, mind-blowingly brilliant. It honestly just shows what a talented writer Jo Nesbo is and that final paragraph was just perfect.
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