Nowhere Land

Nowhere Land by Pamela Kinney starts with a bang as a group of ghost hunters in Virginia who’ve been hired to investigate a property outside of Gloucester called Burkett make a fatal discovery - that there is definitely paranormal activity in Nowhere Land. 

Psychic medium Neri is asked to join her old team of paranormal investigators led by her friend Ben to find out what happened to the first team, among whom was her ex-fiancé, John.

Neri also has a history with Nowhere Land, and it is calling her. Though she’s afraid, she knows the evil that dwells there has to be stopped, so she finally agrees to join them. 

Part folklore of hauntings and cursed land, part ghost-hunting adventure, and just enough romance to make it fun, Nowhere Land also has relatable characters who make us want to follow them (and see them exorcise their demons - inner and outer).  Kinney does a masterful job of allowing us to experience the story from the characters’ points of view which both lets us get to know the characters better but also allows us to experience the same disorientation - and fear - that they experience, and this is what takes Nowhere Land from folklore to horror. 

Stray Thoughts:

• it was fun to recognize a lot of the local spots mentioned from my time living in Richmond & Hampton Roads. 

• The most unrealistic part of the whole book was not the evil supernatural entity but that multiple characters put their travel clothes in the laundry immediately upon returning home. Who does that? 

Thank you to the author and her publisher DreamPunk Press for the advance copy in exchange for my honest review. Pub. date: 10/7/25

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