Tom Willis knows things - things that he couldn't possibly know if it were not for the sweet whispers that only he can hear coming from the scrolled, hand-carved woodwork of Knob Hill, his family's isolated Tudor mansion in Michigan. Tom's father is embarrassed by his huge, simple-minded son, so he keeps him hidden away at Knob Hill, where he is frequently subjected to torture by his psychotic and incestuous mother.An unexpected letter triggers a...