Requiem For Thursday: A Supernatural Mystery (Requiem Series)

Semi Finalist in the 2020 Booklife Prize Literary ContestDo you believe in ghosts?Requiem for Thursday is a clever thriller that blurs the lines between life and death.Detective Eilert Weiss is investigating what appears to be a suicide when he is drawn to the diary of a mad woman, a local nurse by the name of Marcella Cole. Her name is painfully familiar to him. Weiss lost his wife and very nearly his sanity trying to bring the murderous woman to justice once before.Puzzled by the crime scene, Weiss needs to get the timeline right, but the clues don’t add up and he can’t shake the feeling that there’s a diabolical cleverness behind the violence, mocking his attempt to make sense of it all. Cluttered shelves and piled up keepsakes only obscure the sinister secrets of the room, and deepen the lingering feeling of dread that looms in the air. To solve the crime, the detective must look outside the boundaries of standard police work—and what if the act of violence that took place in this room isn’t over?Carly Rouhl, the daughter of famous author A.L. Rouhl finds herself a suspect, but she may hold the key to it all. Only Carly understands the dark and dangerous mind that died suddenly on that bitter, cold Thursday.Douglas Cockell takes his readers on a suspense filled ride in this masterfully constructed supernatual mystery. So, go ahead and grab your copy and settle in for a fascinating read. This may be the best new murder mystery of 2020.Requiem For Thursday is the first book in the Requiem Series. Be sure to follow this author, and go ahead and grab book 2, Requiem For Noah, available now.If you enjoy a good whodunit book then this mystery thriller is for you. It will keep you turning pages until the very end.

About the Author

Doug Cockell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and did graduate work in Literature with acclaimed novelist and playwright Robertson Davies at the University of Toronto. Doug has taught Literature, Art, and Media Studies in Oakville and Burlington and was awarded the McLuhan Distinguished Teacher Medal for showing the common visual language shared by illustration, the movies and computers. He has offered courses through The University of Toronto, Brock University, and The Art Gallery of Burlington. In addition to being an author, Doug is an accomplished artist who came to art through his love of the great Twentieth Century illustrators, delighted by their charm and whimsy as well as their skill. Requiem For Thursday is Doug's debut novel. However, it is not the only novel he has written. So, add this author to your watch list because you won't want to miss the collection of well crafted murder mysteries Doug has in store for you.

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