The Moore House by Tony Tremblay

 

Three excommunicated nuns, Nora, Agnes, and Celeste, join a paranormal unit sanctioned by the Catholic Church, in the hopes for redemption in God's eyes. As empaths, their jobs are to verify reports of demonic possession, and when their boss, Father MacLeod, is persuaded to investigate a house in a small New Hampshire town, the three women are chosen to assess these claims. Goffstown police files detail numerous extraordinary occurrences at the Moore house, including seven gruesome, unsolved killings. For this reason, the three empaths are instructed to not enter the dwelling, but to employ their abilities while circling outside the house. Nora, Agnes, and Celeste proclaim it free of supernatural forces, but they are wrong...dead wrong.

The three women discover their presence is part of a larger plan. The Moore House is not only possessed, but it soon possesses them, forcing them to relive the sins that had resulted in their excommunications. Their belief in God and redemption dissolving, they become pawns in a demonic scheme, a means to an end, in which Father MacLeod is their only hope. But Father MacLeod has made his own deal with devil, and the devil is ready to collect.

Normally the reviews I post are of books that are recently published or are about to be published. Today I have a quick review for a book that I have been meaning to read for years.

A team of excommunicated nuns are sent to confirm or rule out a demonic presence in an old house with a dark past.

The Moore house has been the scene of multiple deaths. It stands alone and abandoned but perhaps not empty. From the opening scene, I knew this was going to be a terrifying tale. 

Religion and redemption play a huge part in the back story of this team of women and the priest who sent them.

The characters are complex and not always likable, but just like real life, they have their good and bad points.

There were a few minor things that irked me, one of which was a paragraph where a character was called by the wrong name enough times to momentarily confuse me, which pulled me out of the story. 

Overall this was a good novel and If you like religious horror this is for you. It's a clever tale of revenge not only from beyond the grave but beyond the gates of hell. Visit the Moore house for a deadly, demonic good time.

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