The Haunting of Delany Falls

A Riveting Haunted House Mystery #57

by Marie Wilkens

Sarah Perrigo just wants to know what happened to her twin sister, Renee Alcott. The suspicious circumstances surrounding her suicide are only made more questionable when her husband, Michael, has her cremated before Sarah or her parents can pay their last respects. Sarah flies from her home state of California to Knoxville, Tennessee, to visit the old estate. After a few ghostly encounters, Sarah becomes obsessed with learning the truth about his family and what happened in Delany Falls.

Genres: Horror, Amazon

304 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 22, 2022

Reviews

[Rachelle Leddy · Rating 1 out of 5]

Bad writing, Decent story

I wanted to like this story. The author needs to hire a PROFESSIONAL EDITOR in the future. There were so many misspellings and grammatical errors, it was embarrassing to read. The tone of the book changes several times and is inconsistent. The story was a great idea but poorly executed. Please please please proof read in the future.

[Barefoot Gypsy Jimerson · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ugh

This story was all over the place. Please get yourself a proof reader. Learn from your mistakes. This could of be a good story.

[M · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a 2.5 stars, because I had difficulties empathizing w the often overwrought MC. She has several TSTL moments, often associated with the very-mid romance angle(s). The supernatural elements were good but were often tentatively presented, when boldness was needed. Overall, I liked the dark milieu, so I bumped up the rating.

[Angelita Ramirez · Rating 4 out of 5]

wasn’t expecting the twist

Loved the book. I was not expecting that ending. I was falling in love with the wrong people. This novel kept me on my toes thinking about who was behind the killings and why.

[Aprilleigh · Rating 3 out of 5]

The story was amazing, but it only gets three stars because the writing, particularly the dialogue, reads like fan fiction. A solid editor could help with that if it wasn't intentional, but it wasn't so distracting that I didn't enjoy the story anyway. I would be willing to read more of this author's work, particularly if it was published after this with the possibility that her skills with dialogue have improved. Some of the lines are just too corny and juvenile.

As I said, the story itself was worth the time. It's well-plotted and some of the twists took me by surprise. Others had me scratching my head wondering if I read something wrong in an earlier chapter, but before I doubted myself enough to turn back the discrepancy explained itself. It was very cleverly done and completely believable in a first-person narrative. In that specific situation, I would easily have jumped to the same conclusion before eventually identifying why it didn't make sense.

[Mary Ann · Rating 3 out of 5]

This would have been a much better story if the main character had controlled her angst and anger. I am not sure what it is about authors in general that makes them want to beat the reader over the head to get a point across. The author wanted you to know what a wonderful sister she had and that others loved the sister, too. The main character sang her sister's praises on just about every over page. We got it, but you don't have to keep repeating it over and over.

If you disregard the typos and the misspelled words you would have a very good story. A good proofreader and editor could really tighten up this story and make it an excellent story. Out of 5 stars, I knocked off 1 star for spelling and wrong words, 1 star off for browbeating the reader and gave 3 stars for the story.

[Joyce · Rating 3 out of 5]

“If you don’t already have family trust issues, this will make you think twice before believing anything your loved ones tell you. Don’t think you have it figured out until … all the way through. This … has more twists and turns than you can expect.”

Yeah, that. Thanks to Kindle for making this book available & for an element of the spring challenge convincing me to read this. 😆

Correction: I guess this doesn’t count towards the “escapist” Kindle spring challenge that I thought it did. But it still counts as an overall book read, in Kindle and here on Goodreads. 😀

[Elaine Hardcastle · Rating 5 out of 5]

fantastic story from start to finish. couldn’t put it down

This book was amazing with all the different twists and turns. It kept you guessing right up to the end. Brilliantly written. Would highly recommend this book and will definitely be looking for the next one by this author.

[Charlene Davis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Family

Funerals, wills, new money, old money, spirits? Are they related or just to confuse?
I don't think I would have liked meeting these people in real life, you might if
Your into drama. Read to find out which you are!

[Debbie Brown · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite of the whole series!

The Haunting of Delany Falls HAS to be my favorite of The Haunting Series! I never knew what was coming next. Complete intrigue every step of the way!

[Shannon Oakley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing read

I came across Marie Wilkens while looking for a good book to read, I've read three of her books so far and I will continue to read the haunting books as they are amazing so far. Thank you Marie for the haunting stories that keep me reading even when I'm tired.

[Sheran Oberholzer · Rating 5 out of 5]

The haunting of Delaney falls

It's been a while since I have read a book I had difficulty putting down. This book joins their ranks. I'll be looking for more books by Marie Wilkens. There are more twists and turns you could imagine. Keeps you guessing until the very end.

[Steve Osten · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fair job

It was just another version of the same story. It had it's twists and turns but it was just fair. Sorry I wasn't blown away by the book but if you've read one haunted house book you've read them all.

[Sam C · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good

Enjoyed. I found it a bit obvious, but it's still a nice read. I do read a lot!
Sarah's anger all the time was a bit much.
The only nice characters appear to be the child, and Sarah's mother

[Barb · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book, lot of twists and turns, what a haunting it was

[robin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I rarely give 5 stars - but I simply loved this book.

[SHARON · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read

I just loved this book it was very hard to put down you just wanted to keep reading to see what was gonna happen around the next turn would highly recommend it

[Rene Rowland · Rating 5 out of 5]

Scary !!!!

Great Ghost story. Fast moving never boring. Kept you guessing right up to the very end ! I will be waiting for the next one !

[Toni Simpson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful Story

What a creepy place to live and such evil people. Great read though and such s surprise ending. I loved it.

[Stella Furst · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great story

Very riveting, always teasing you with who the bad guys are. The end was such a dramatic twist. A must read!

[Susan M Hunter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Surprised twists and turns

First of all this was a murder mystery. But once I thought I had it figured out, the synopsis would change. Good story.,

[Lucinda Finley · Rating 4 out of 5]

haunting

The book starts slow The twists and turns are the just right amount with just barely idea of who did it. Good read

[Katie Wray · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cozy murder mystery with a splash of spirits 👻

[Micky Parise · Rating 4 out of 5]

First time reading Marie Wilkens and came away impressed. Book flowed nicely, characters were good and the plot was fantastic. Recommend.

[Mary · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome good book!

Great read, kept me guessing all the way through to the very last pages, just the way I like a book to be.

[Jane Snider · Rating 3 out of 5]

Get an editor.

[Dinah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very entertaining

I really enjoyed reading the story , couldn't put it down ,had to finish it to find out who the culprits where. Very enjoyable.