Mr. XThe award winning new supernatural thriller from the acclaimed author of Ghost Story, Koko, The Throat, and The Talisman. Every year on his birthday, Ned Dunstan experiences a paralysing seizure where he is forced to witness scenes of ruthless slaughter perpetrated by a mysterious figure in black whom he calls Mr. X. As his birthday approaches, Ned is drawn back to his hometown of Edgerton, Illinois, driven by a premonition that his mother is dying.