1939

The Haunting of Hadlow House #10

by Amy Cross

The year is 1939, and Europe once again stands on the brink of war. In the English village of Cobblefield, tensions run high as everyone waits to see whether disaster can be averted.Caroline Demeter has been running the local pub for many years now. Haunted by memories of her tragic past, Caroline struggles to hold onto her sanity, while trying to deal with the potential collapse of her remaining family. Every scrap of logic tells her that the danger should be over, that the past is firmly locked away, yet in the dead of night she still fears that vengeance is comingCaroline has always sworn that she will never, ever set foot in Hadlow House again. Now that she's being lured into the forest, however, she starts to wonder whether she might have misunderstood her destiny all along. Having been hiding for so many years, she finally comes to understand that in fact she might be the only person who can stop the house's evil forever.1939 is the tenth book in the Haunting of Hadlow House series, which tells the story of one haunted house over the centuries from its construction to the present day. All the lives, all the souls, all the tragedies... and all the ghosts. Readers are advised to start with the first book in the series.

Genres: Horror, Paranormal

304 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 10, 2023

About the author

Amy Cross writes novels and short stories in a number of genres, mainly horror, paranormal and fantasy. Books include The Farm, Annie's Room, The Island, Eli's Town and Asylum.

Reviews

[John Morris]

A cracking series!

At the end of the previous book I was beginning to think that the series was running out of steam but, once again, Amy Cross has regained her mojo. The poor Demeter family continue to be cursed by the evil legacy of Hadlow House and the ghost of Fanny Baxter has found a new way to torment the living. A once wealthy family, brought low by tragedy and the misfortune to own one of the most haunted houses in England, remains in thrall to the past. I cannot imagine how the series will end but I will be there at its conclusion.

[Kim]

Wasn’t much horror in this book. Pretty boring.

[Sam Allen]

4 Stars

A (hopefully) fitting end to the Demeters family arc - I’m definitely ready to move on from them now.

I liked the Easter eggs in Crowford (many of which I’ve noted to come back to when I read that series) and the grounding in the reality of the war breaking out. I was really sad about Wally and imagine the same might befall Harry.

Interested to see what’s next for the house moving into the 60s.

[ɧơƖƖყ ཞơʂɛ]

Read in a day. F’ing Fanny why can’t you just stay dead? This book finally picked up the pace again. The editing is in DESPERATE need of help. Closing in on the finish line for this 13 book series..

[Letícia Peregrino]

Huge improvement from the last one!
Not scary, but it's entertaining and managed to rekindle my drive to finish this series.
Three to go now. 🏃🏽‍♀️‍➡️

[Traci Kaster]

Great story! Absolutely horrendous editing!

I've reviewed several books in this series. The story Is absolutely wonderful and that is the only reason I am tolerating the horrendous editing done with this book series. This book was one of the worst edited. But in the end it still a great story.

[Annemarie]

With the death of her husband, and after selling the pub, Caroline and Ginny were now living with Wally's family in Crowford. Lilly was still comatose in hospital - until she wasn't. Caroline returned to Hadlow House in the hope of forcing Fanny to relinquish Lily's body. Will she be successful or will Fanny win the day? World War II is upon them. How many will return and who will perish?

[Barbara Kay Rihaly]

Frustrated...I enjoyed the first few books in this series,but now I'm no t sure that I will finish

So much repeating of phrases. There are so many misspellings,and grammatical mistakes. A few would be understandable,but so many! Tiresome.

[Rose Haskins]

Intense

Lisa has been in a coma for twenty one years. What does Fanny have planned for this young lady? And how is Caroline going to try to help her? This part of the series was very intense.

[Karen Burns]

Ghosts galore!!

I have read all 10 books so far. This series holds your attention in each book. I came across so many mistakes, which is annoying. I considered stopping reading of the books, but the stories are really good in each book!

[Rodney Wiedrick]

Well, it looks like Fanny has won temporarily. She now has a body, but Lily's body isn't exactly working right since her accident. Caroline is now haunting Fanny in the house for now. It will be interesting to see what happens when Lily's dies of old age. How will Fanny go on without a body?

[Adam Stanhope]

I really enjoy reading books by Amy cross, they are easy to read and you get drawn into the story, this is such an amazing series, about a single house that has dark secrets and the more you read the more you learn about the house

[Lynn Idaszak]

Another great book in this series

This book was another great one. I am really enjoying this series. Fanny is back and I am still not sure what her end game is! On to the next book.

[Leah]

1939

Seems we are getting closer to a conclusion to the main story. The main ghost is aggravating and I hope she gets taken down.

[Christine Dunne]

Great

This series of books keep me reading Amy cross. I am waiting to see if we get a hurricane or not and MS cross keeps me busy

[Yvonne Boettcher]

Great book

This book keeps you reading on and on just to fined out what will happen next. Great series of books

[María Maldonado]

Meh. It wasn't the best of the series. It was just ...okay

[brii | brii (four months behind...)]

2.0

I was really, really excited to see Caroline finally face the house. And for Lily to make her big return. But man, this was such a let down!

We basically just watched Caroline argue with herself about returning to the house - a ton -, travel to the house and then… nothing. She wasn’t strong enough. The end. What was even the point?! The exact same time happened with Lily. Travel to the house, kill some people along the way and then… nothing!

I’m starting to realize 13 books might have been too many books.