{"product_id":"when-the-wind-blows-9780440194903","title":"When the Wind Blows","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe terrifying bestseller from the author of \u003ci\u003eHouse of Reckoning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe children were waiting. \u003cbr\u003eWaiting for centuries. \u003cbr\u003eWaiting for someone to hear their cries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow nine-year-old Christine Lyons has come to live in the house on the hill--the house where no children have lived for fifty years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow little Christie will sleep in the old-fashioned nursery on the third floor. Now Christie's terror will begin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA sound was coming to her. Her mind began to drift . . . \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsually it came to her at night, when the wind was blowing. But today it was bright and clear; the wind was still. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd yet the sound was there. A baby, crying out for its mother. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInstinctively Diana knelt next to Christie and took the child in her arms. \"It's all right,\" she whispered. \"Everything's going to be all right.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePerplexed, Christie looked into Diana's eyes. \"I am\u003ci\u003e all right, Aunt Diana. Really, I am,\" Christie insisted. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"But you were crying. I heard you. Good girls never cry. Only bad children cry. They cry. And cry. And then they must be punished. . . .\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Saul\u003c\/b\u003e's\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003efirst novel, \u003ci\u003eSuffer the Children\u003c\/i\u003e, was an immediate million-copy bestseller. His other bestselling suspense novels include \u003ci\u003ePerfect Nightmare\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Black Creek Crossing\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Presence.\u003c\/i\u003e He is also the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling serial thriller \u003ci\u003eThe Blackstone Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e, initially published in six installments but now available in one complete volume. Saul divides his time between Seattle and Hawaii.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50911377850642,"sku":"9780440194903","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9da74483-2053-4d5d-9912-1caef53283f4.jpg?v=1738738714","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/when-the-wind-blows-9780440194903","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}