An Author You’ll Add To Your Radar
Synopsis
Deliver us from evil…
Drowning in a meaningless existence flipping burgers, Matthew Davis suddenly collapses from a powerful psychic connection he shares with his twin brother, Jake. The pain is violent and immediate, and Matt knows exactly what it means… hundreds of miles away, Jake has been viciously killed. But instead of severing their connection, the murder intensifies it and Matt begins to suffer the agony of Jake’s afterlife.
Hell bent on solving Jake’s murder in order to break the connection, Matt travels to his troubled hometown of Hatchett, Nebraska, where an old lover and savage new enemies expose the festering wounds that Jake left behind.
Matt tries atoning for Jake’s sins, but when a demon infests the connection between the two brothers, Matt must find a way to sever their bond before his world, and ours, become engulfed in the flames of hell.
Fans of Stephen King’s The Outsider, Stephen Graham Jones’ The Only Good Indians, and William Peter Blatty’s The Exorcist will find this new paranormal thriller impossible to put down.
Details
- Rating: ☆☆☆☆
- Genre: Paranormal/Horror/Thriller
- Length: 200 pages
- Publisher: TCK Publishing
- Release Date: October 15, 2021
When I was invited to read a copy of Michael Cordell’s newest book Our Trespasses I was delighted since I loved his first book, Contempt. But then I saw two pretty much foreign words to my blog: paranormal and horror.
Would those words gain a place on my blog just because Cordell’s first book, a legal police procedural, received 5 stars from me? Absolutely! Even if I had to tippy-toe through the pages I wanted to give it a try.
But the slow advance wasn’t lasting.
Twins with an unusual connection. One twin is viciously murdered. The other twin returns to his hometown for the funeral and is almost immediately attacked. Mom is rather cool and aloof at her son’s return. What?
My tiptoeing through the pages quickly became a sprint. Yep. Paranormal was evident. Yep. I was sprinting through a few eye-opening horror-type visuals. But the wonderful story wasn’t flooded with these things. I had no trouble at all with combining this page-turning story with categories that I usually steer clear of.
What Concerned Me
I felt the chapter where Matt completely shares his concerns with Claire, things he’s been keeping from her, was accepted by Claire way too quickly. The whole experience felt rushed and underplayed.
Final Thoughts
Michael Cordell, you didn’t let me down. Though I don’t typically, or maybe never, read this genre I completely fell in love with this book. It kept me turning the pages and I didn’t feel inundated by paranormal.
The point I’m trying to make with this review is even if you don’t typically read this genre, you may want to give this book a try.
Cordell will continue to be on my radar for upcoming books.
My thanks to TCK for a copy of this book. My review is my opinion and the gifted book had no stipulations attached.
Rating
4 Stars – It Was Awesome and Near The Top For Me
About the Author
Michael Cordell is a novelist, playwright and produced screenwriter. He has sold three screenplays to Hollywood, including Beeper, an action-thriller starring Harvey Keitel and Joey Lauren Adams.
His transition to writing novels is the result of a strong interest in expanding the depth and scale of his stories, something that was difficult to do within the confines of a screenplay.
Michael has taught screenwriting at the University of Virginia, provides screenplay critiques, and works with screenwriters to make their scripts more marketable to Hollywood.
He resides in Charlottesville, Virginia.
He always enjoys hearing from his readers and can be reached at michaeljcordell@gmail.com
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