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pbanditp's review
3.0
“I was happy to see the place in shambles. The house had been festering for decades, and its appearance finally reflected how it felt to live there.”
Hatchet House Murder Tours is owned and run by Clifford Morris. People get their money’s worth on the tour with no strings attached. Cliff has telekinesis and no one doubts that the scary stuff that happens on the tours is extraordinary. That is, until he meets Delilah, a psychic with a daytime tv show who wants to do an episode on the Hatchet House.
The shoot doesn’t go as planned and Cliff is left with nightmares and is actually being haunted himself. He is being called home, to a place where it all started and he escaped from as soon as he was able. Can he survive the place where he almost lost his life as a teenager?
I wanted so much more from this book. It is a good story but it felt like it needed to be fleshed out more. This would make a great outline but I wanted more suspense, more background, more on Delilah, more on what was haunting Cliff, and more on his childhood haunt, the Duncan Plantation.
Hatchet House Murder Tours is owned and run by Clifford Morris. People get their money’s worth on the tour with no strings attached. Cliff has telekinesis and no one doubts that the scary stuff that happens on the tours is extraordinary. That is, until he meets Delilah, a psychic with a daytime tv show who wants to do an episode on the Hatchet House.
The shoot doesn’t go as planned and Cliff is left with nightmares and is actually being haunted himself. He is being called home, to a place where it all started and he escaped from as soon as he was able. Can he survive the place where he almost lost his life as a teenager?
I wanted so much more from this book. It is a good story but it felt like it needed to be fleshed out more. This would make a great outline but I wanted more suspense, more background, more on Delilah, more on what was haunting Cliff, and more on his childhood haunt, the Duncan Plantation.
findingmontauk1's review
4.0
NOBODY'S GHOST is a great supernatural and suspenseful horror novella focusing on Cliff Morris who runs tours for a haunted house. Think of it as going to the house where Lizzie Borden killed her father and stepmother. Now add on some effects like creepy crawlspaces, record players that turn on by themselves, bloodstains that won't go away, etc. That gives you a feel for the establishment that Cliff runs. But he has a secret that few know: he has telekinesis. A TV psychic wants to interview him and talk about what he does. She immediately senses something is wrong and skidaddles. And ever since they shook hands, Cliff is being plagued with these nightmares from his childhood home. He has to go back and see what really happened to him and his family in the past and decide if it has anything to do with his present and hopeful future.
I really enjoyed the constant suspense build up as there was never a dry or dull moment/scene. I loved the LGBTQ+ representation and the familial bonds that seem to pick up after years of no contact. I just really enjoyed this story as I do with everything I have read from Chris Cooper. He certainly has a broad range of topics and styles, but each one always works perfectly for me. Unique story, hidden secrets from the past, and suspenseful horror mixed with telekinesis and psychic connections! Check this one out!
I really enjoyed the constant suspense build up as there was never a dry or dull moment/scene. I loved the LGBTQ+ representation and the familial bonds that seem to pick up after years of no contact. I just really enjoyed this story as I do with everything I have read from Chris Cooper. He certainly has a broad range of topics and styles, but each one always works perfectly for me. Unique story, hidden secrets from the past, and suspenseful horror mixed with telekinesis and psychic connections! Check this one out!
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