Sunday, January 16, 2022

Coffin Shadows by Glenn Krisch and Mark Steensland

 

(pb; 2020: novella)

From the back cover

“12 YEARS AGO.

“Janet Martlee’s infant son died under mysterious circumstances. Consumed with grief and anger, she ran away to start again. . .

“YESTERDAY

“A 12-year old body with dead eyes appeared in her classroom, begging for help. But Janet doesn’t’ believe in ghosts.

“TODAY

“Her psychiatrist tells her she must return home to confront her past and uncover the mystery of what happened.

“Only some questions don’t want to be answered.

“And some answers hide in the shadows. . .”

 

Review

Coffin is an entertaining, fast-moving, and tightly written mainstream thriller whose 117-page storyline and characters ring true within their B-movie set-up─a young woman returns to her long-abandoned hometown and discovers that tragedies and fortunes that seem like random luck are anything but. To say anymore might spoil the genre-familiar-but-immersive-and-tidily-presented elements that make up Coffin. Worth owning, this.

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