There once was a girl who had a little curl...

Parents-to-be Jason and Paige Bennett leave their city apartment in New York and head upstate for rural tranquility after Paige fends off a would-be purse snatcher. Their life together planning for their child appears to be smooth and idyllic until...

Until they meet 11-year-old Lily. Found cowering in the rural house they are staying in, the Bennetts take her in. Charmed by her little-girl demeanor, Paige feels her maternal instincts kicking in. Delighted to have a child in the house, Paige cleans Lily up; buys her clothes and enrolls her in a local public school.

Problems with Lily soon crop up. She chops off a classmate's braid; she steals things and is notorious for doing sneaky little things to get others into trouble. She nearly causes a marriage to dissolve. Encouraged by the school to get counseling for the girl, the Bennetts have her evaluated and seen regularly by a specialist who has her own series of problems. One of those problems is an infirm father whom Lily takes an unusual interest in. Like her natural father, Lily scorns weakness and to her, the doctor's father represents all she cannot abide.

Where did Lily REALLY come from? And what could she possibly want from the Bennetts? Is she sinister or innocent? And what of the aunt she never mentions?

This power packed book will certainly keep readers wanting more. I highly recommend this one.

Wow, where to even begin? When I read the back cover of the summary of what's it going to be about, I never expected what I found out at the end. This is book is definitely a "must read". I finished it on the day I start, that's how good it is. I sometimes thought, why wasn't there a red flag for Paige when she got hit in the head that night in the woods; and the constant swearing? I'm almost 16, and to think someone can come insane of mere 11 is interesting. Gloria really described each character well. You could just feel the frustration on Jason. Very chilling, yet fast-pace story.

" A WHISPER IN THE ATTIC" was a on the egde of my bed, flashlight thriller. I loved the book so much i read it a second time just to get that thrill again. Gloria Murphy really made that little girl, look so sweet. Then just when the book peek the the little girl was a crazy murder. That caught me off guard, and that's what was so thrilling about it. "GREAT BOOK GLORIA GREAT"

Although the ending did not really come as too much of a surprise for me (I had guessed it about halfway through), this thriller remains a well-written piece of work that I kept thinking to myself would work pretty well on screen.

Not a bad read at all if you have nothing particularly interesting to do over the weekend.

I THINK THAT GLORIA MURPHY SHOULD BE AUTHOR THE YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!