Michael has a lot of explaining to do. It’s been one hundred and twenty years since his employer left for vacation. Ever since then, he’s been in charge. Right before she left, his employer gave him an assignment. He had to find a solution to the fact that heaven was getting full.
But things have gone so wrong. Michael made decisions that affected the world, and potentially his job, in a terrible way.
Return is a magical realism short story with lots of references to religion.
Dutch suspense author J. Sharpe has published several mystery thrillers and short stories. He is a cross-genre writer and likes to blend themes and elements from two or more different genres in his books.
His work is often compared to that of Stephen King, Peter Straub and Dean Koontz, although Sharpe is complimented for his own distinctive style.
His novel Gebroken Geheugen (Broken Memory) – that he wrote together with the late Jos Weijmer – was nominated for the Harland Awards for best novel of 2015 and received an honorable mention for extraordinary originality. Eden was nominated for a Bastaard Fantasy Award 2016.
So far 10 novels and several short stories have been published in The Netherlands and Belgium. One of these, Eden, is translated to English, just like the first chapters of Broken Memory and a few short stories.
Sharpe has been a member of the GNM (Society for Dutch Crime Authors) since 2014.