Debut Novel available 2026


The Storm
next door

by James Arlen Anderson

The Storm Next Door


When a convicted sex offender moves into a quiet Minnesota county, Sheriff Darrell Halvorson braces for trouble. But nothing can prepare him for the storm that follows. A tornado rips through a trailer park, and by the time the winds die down, two people are missing: Ray Albee, the ex-con everyone fears, and fourteen-year-old Luciana Rodriguez, the girl next door.

As panic grips the town, Halvorson faces a race against time and the fury of his own community. But in the wreckage, darker secrets begin to surface — ones that force him to question his own ideas of justice, guilt, and redemption.

The Storm Next Door is a heart-pounding rural thriller about what happens when the fury of vengeance collides with the limits of judgement and forgiveness.

About

James Arlen Anderson is a Minnesota-based writer and editor. His debut novel, The Storm Next Door, will be available in 2026 from Skywater Publishing Cooperative.