Gracetown

In the remote plains of Nebraska lies Graystown, a place where doors close, not for fear of crime, but for fear of whispers. Every night, the townspeople hear disembodied voices that reveal their deepest, most painful secrets—truths never spoken, things long buried. No one knows where the whispers come from. No one dares to face them. Until Eli arrives. An orphan with no past and no family, Eli has always felt alienated. But when the whispers speak directly to him for the first time, they reveal not something he already knew but something impossible: "You're not from here... and your mother is still alive." As Eli begins to uncover the truth about his origins, he uncovers Graystown's darkest secret: the town was built on a graveyard—not of bones, but of unspoken words. And everyone who harbors a secret in Graystown will one day hear it whispered... whether they like it or not. With the help of a frustrated teacher, a mute girl with secrets of her own, and the fading memories of a woman who escaped the whispers, Eli sets out to discover his true identity—and why silence in this city is more dangerous than the truth. Whispers in the Dust is a haunting supernatural mystery about identity, buried memory, and the cost of...