Unexplained

by Gail Matelson

Just a fun, little story about a woman who doesn't think she's very good at relationships. Niki Marston's claim to fame is that she involuntarily writes predictions about strangers who she's never met. However, no one knows about her writings because Niki is content to keep this strange ability a secret. She doesn't want anyone to know, even when one of her recent predictions is about her 'sometimes' boyfriend.

Quick witted and feisty, Niki denies that she has an inside track into the future. Even when she's confronted by Charles Landon, a powerful man who owns the historic building in which she works, she maintains her secret. She doesn't even tell her new friend, Char, who purports to be a psychic. When will Niki finally reveal her secret? And how will it come out?

232 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 27, 2015

About the author

It wasn't until I returned from a year-long, solo driving trip around the United States that I wrote my first book, a personal memoir that I haven't as yet published. Thoroughly enjoying the experience of writing, I spontaneously wrote my first mystery novel. The experience was so 'novel', the characters so willing to tell their own story, that I never stopped writing. Twenty-one books and seventeen years later, my unique stories cover a wide spectrum, from humorous metaphysical fantasy in "Last 90 Days, Archie Trilogy Book 1," and magical realism in "Between the Trees," to a psychological thriller in "The Building." Blending multiple genres, my stories have inspiring stories of transformation, as well as humorous and romantic threads woven into the plots.

Reviews

[J.A. Kalis · Rating 3 out of 5]

I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

The novel is written in the present tense what creates a sense of immediacy and makes you feel like in a movie watching the events unfold right before your eyes. Only here you feel more like in a B-movie. The pace is brisk and the writing style is easy-to-read. But the characters are little credible and their behaviour predictable. I was not drawn to any of them. The story started interesting but the plot was poorly developed, highly improbable and hard to follow at times and the use of present tense made it even more confusing. I felt also disappointed with the way it ended.