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The year is 2024. Twenty-five years ago, Beth Cooper's family died at Hadlow House. Now Beth's after revenge.
Having researched the house's history extensively, Beth thinks she knows exactly what she's up against. She knows all about the deadly Fanny Baxter, and about the lives of all the people who've lived at the house over the years. She also knows all about ghosts, and about how to make them suffer.
At least, she thinks she knows.
Arriving at the house, Beth sets her plan into action. Plenty of people have tried to fight back about the house before, but now Beth is deliberately setting out to face Fanny directly. She thinks she's got every eventuality covered, that she can make Fanny pay for all the misery she's inflicted over the years.
She's wrong. And she's about to find out just how far Fanny's willing to go, in order to get the one thing she's always wanted. All the pain and agony and fear of more than three hundred years has been building up to this moment, and Beth is about to learn the hard way that this is a house that can never be stopped.
2024 is the thirteenth and final 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.
Having researched the house's history extensively, Beth thinks she knows exactly what she's up against. She knows all about the deadly Fanny Baxter, and about the lives of all the people who've lived at the house over the years. She also knows all about ghosts, and about how to make them suffer.
At least, she thinks she knows.
Arriving at the house, Beth sets her plan into action. Plenty of people have tried to fight back about the house before, but now Beth is deliberately setting out to face Fanny directly. She thinks she's got every eventuality covered, that she can make Fanny pay for all the misery she's inflicted over the years.
She's wrong. And she's about to find out just how far Fanny's willing to go, in order to get the one thing she's always wanted. All the pain and agony and fear of more than three hundred years has been building up to this moment, and Beth is about to learn the hard way that this is a house that can never be stopped.
2024 is the thirteenth and final 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.
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173 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 1, 2024
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Amy Cross
664 books1,684 followersAmy 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.
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January 17, 2024
A fitting end to the series!
Well that was a roller coaster ride of a series and even though the individual books themselves varied in quality, at the end I came away with an overall feeling of satisfaction. It is important, however, that the books are read in sequence. In the final story a young woman returns to Hadlow House, the place where her family was brutally murdered, in order to wreak revenge. She seeks nothing less than the total destruction of Hadlow House and the evil entity that resides within its walls. She is convinced that she has the knowledge and wherewithal to outwit the ghost of Fanny Baxter and the evil entity possessing her. Can she succeed where so many others have failed? All I can say is that the ending does not disappoint.
Well that was a roller coaster ride of a series and even though the individual books themselves varied in quality, at the end I came away with an overall feeling of satisfaction. It is important, however, that the books are read in sequence. In the final story a young woman returns to Hadlow House, the place where her family was brutally murdered, in order to wreak revenge. She seeks nothing less than the total destruction of Hadlow House and the evil entity that resides within its walls. She is convinced that she has the knowledge and wherewithal to outwit the ghost of Fanny Baxter and the evil entity possessing her. Can she succeed where so many others have failed? All I can say is that the ending does not disappoint.
January 14, 2024
It’s over it’s finally over. 13 books - one year - and this is how it all ends. *slow clap*. Read from start to finish and don’t skip books. You’ll need every detail of every death for the closure on this great series.
September 4, 2024
We're done!
After countless ups and downs this series is over and thankfully, I'm satisfied.
It's not a perfect book in itself. It has lots os overexposure of the previous stories that comes as an overkill, but still works as a nice ending to this story.
After everything, I do recommend The Haunting of Hadlow House - If you got the time to go through all the 13 books, of course 😅.
After countless ups and downs this series is over and thankfully, I'm satisfied.
It's not a perfect book in itself. It has lots os overexposure of the previous stories that comes as an overkill, but still works as a nice ending to this story.
After everything, I do recommend The Haunting of Hadlow House - If you got the time to go through all the 13 books, of course 😅.
October 21, 2025
great ending to a great series
January 8, 2024
Sadly, I didn't enjoy this one. I was expecting different. The title and cover is neat. It's what drawn me to it the first place. But, the story? I don't know. It needed something more than what I have read. It didn't match well for the cover and title.
January 3, 2024
This is the only book that I have read from this series. I needed to find a book that was published in 2024, and this one came up. This book had such a creepy paranormal vibe to it. I enjoyed reading it and could really envision the things happening. I did find the history of who all the people who lived in the house over the last few centuries to be a little overwhelming, but maybe that wouldn't have been so if they were from the previous books? Either way, that was only a slim part of the book and the story was still definitely understandable with or without all the history.
January 4, 2024
Grand ending to a long series
This book is the final end to the hadlow house series. Following the story through the centuries and the various families was interesting enough but finding out what will end the evil was even more intriguing.
Amy Cross doesnt disappoint. The book ends in an unusual twist and feel good ending. If I write more then I am in danger of spoiling the readers fun. So go ahead n read the book but read it in series or it wont make any sense. Enjoy the thrilling end to the whole series.
This book is the final end to the hadlow house series. Following the story through the centuries and the various families was interesting enough but finding out what will end the evil was even more intriguing.
Amy Cross doesnt disappoint. The book ends in an unusual twist and feel good ending. If I write more then I am in danger of spoiling the readers fun. So go ahead n read the book but read it in series or it wont make any sense. Enjoy the thrilling end to the whole series.
January 16, 2024
This is the final book in the series. While I enjoyed it, I was glad to have finished. I like Amy's style of writing and look forward to reading her other books. Great imagination on the part of the author in bringing this haunted house to life. If you enjoy a good haunting and the ghosts who remain behind, grab this series.
March 11, 2024
Pretty good series. Ended ok
February 16, 2024
Impeccable ending to this series.
January 30, 2024
Loved this series!!!
January 4, 2024
I love a ghost story and I love sequels.
Such a great story. Suspense, tingle and scary fun without a lot of the easy reaching gore.
The editor needs glasses, many , spelling and grammatical errors. Even confusion with names. Come on - step it up.
Such a great story. Suspense, tingle and scary fun without a lot of the easy reaching gore.
The editor needs glasses, many , spelling and grammatical errors. Even confusion with names. Come on - step it up.
January 2, 2024
Engrossing Series
This whole series of books is such an engrossing story. I've read lots of ghost stories, but these are so different. I really enjoyed them.
This whole series of books is such an engrossing story. I've read lots of ghost stories, but these are so different. I really enjoyed them.
January 3, 2024
Great book, fitting end to an awesome series!
January 7, 2024
Final
Great ending for this haunted house series. So well written all 13 books. Congratulations Amy Cross on this scary series that was so hard to put down.
Great ending for this haunted house series. So well written all 13 books. Congratulations Amy Cross on this scary series that was so hard to put down.
January 9, 2024
The Haunting of Hadlow House Series
Thoroughly enjoyed the whole series , all13 books kept me engrossed with the twists and turns and unexpected happenings. Great read.
Thoroughly enjoyed the whole series , all13 books kept me engrossed with the twists and turns and unexpected happenings. Great read.
January 10, 2024
Intriguing read from start too finish all 13 books
Any cross never fails too amaze me with her terrific act of keeping you wanting more. Hope you keep up the great work for 2024
Any cross never fails too amaze me with her terrific act of keeping you wanting more. Hope you keep up the great work for 2024
June 3, 2025
3.5 Stars
I have been on a journey with this series. Some things I've loved, some things I've disliked, some things have frustrated me, and some things have really stuck with me.
2024, as the last entry of the series, was a mostly satisfying wrap up to Hadlow House. As much as I didn't love the reveal of the true evil, the ending with all of Hadlow's ghosts coming together to help Lizzy was great. I would have loved it if Fanny had dealt the final blow though, more so than Richard.
The first half of this book I was locked in and prepared for this to be my favourite of the series. Teaming up Lizzy Cooper and David (who we barely met in 1999) was great - I was shipping them and excited for a dynamic, ass-kicking ghost hunter duo. But David's random halfway point backflip almost ruined the whole book for me. It just didn't make sense for me that this man - now almost 40 - would have been so obsessed with a girl he knew for like two days as a teenager when he'd not been through (seemingly) any real trauma. If it had been a recent thing, since losing his mother a few months earlier, I'd have believed it as a psychotic break, but it otherwise felt cheap and needed alot more development to work for me.
Lizzy, on the other hand, made more sense though it was a bit odd she was only concerned with Annie and seeing her but not their parents. I did like that she was revived and able to destroy the house and salt the earth after the ghosts left, but I would have loved if she and David had ended up together. It felt a little like the Rey and Kylo switch.
In the end though, despite not loving every entry, I did have fun with this series. I love the concept and I'd like to see it again - the history in ghost stories has always been my favourite part.
Also good to see that Bailey/Albert made it out and lived a long, happy life.
My favourite entries have been (in chronological order, not order I enjoyed them):
1689
1722
1775
1926
2024
I have been on a journey with this series. Some things I've loved, some things I've disliked, some things have frustrated me, and some things have really stuck with me.
2024, as the last entry of the series, was a mostly satisfying wrap up to Hadlow House. As much as I didn't love the reveal of the true evil, the ending with all of Hadlow's ghosts coming together to help Lizzy was great. I would have loved it if Fanny had dealt the final blow though, more so than Richard.
The first half of this book I was locked in and prepared for this to be my favourite of the series. Teaming up Lizzy Cooper and David (who we barely met in 1999) was great - I was shipping them and excited for a dynamic, ass-kicking ghost hunter duo. But David's random halfway point backflip almost ruined the whole book for me. It just didn't make sense for me that this man - now almost 40 - would have been so obsessed with a girl he knew for like two days as a teenager when he'd not been through (seemingly) any real trauma. If it had been a recent thing, since losing his mother a few months earlier, I'd have believed it as a psychotic break, but it otherwise felt cheap and needed alot more development to work for me.
Lizzy, on the other hand, made more sense though it was a bit odd she was only concerned with Annie and seeing her but not their parents. I did like that she was revived and able to destroy the house and salt the earth after the ghosts left, but I would have loved if she and David had ended up together. It felt a little like the Rey and Kylo switch.
In the end though, despite not loving every entry, I did have fun with this series. I love the concept and I'd like to see it again - the history in ghost stories has always been my favourite part.
Also good to see that Bailey/Albert made it out and lived a long, happy life.
My favourite entries have been (in chronological order, not order I enjoyed them):
1689
1722
1775
1926
2024
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August 28, 2024
What a Ride
I waited until I finished the last book to post my review; which only took me about two weeks to get through all 13, because I pretty much devoured each of them in a day, a day and a half. I was absorbed from the get-go, super easy to fall into this story! definitely recommend starting from the very first novel, I did find that there were some editorial mistakes, where there errors, character names had been substituted, which was a little weird, but overall it certainly did not diminish my overall impression of this whole series. I’m sad that it’s over. Well, you never know, maybe, just maybe we'll get a another book.
I waited until I finished the last book to post my review; which only took me about two weeks to get through all 13, because I pretty much devoured each of them in a day, a day and a half. I was absorbed from the get-go, super easy to fall into this story! definitely recommend starting from the very first novel, I did find that there were some editorial mistakes, where there errors, character names had been substituted, which was a little weird, but overall it certainly did not diminish my overall impression of this whole series. I’m sad that it’s over. Well, you never know, maybe, just maybe we'll get a another book.
July 30, 2024
Beth did exactly what Mary/Fanny said she would do. She came back to Cobblefield and Hadlow House.
Armed with the knowledge gleaned from the internet and with the help of David, will she be able to best Mary/Fanny once and for all? When the ghosts see that Mary has been weakened, will they remain under her thrall or will they help Beth to defeat her?
Is it even possible to defeat the evil that has permeated the very foundations of Hadlow House and lift the pall that has hung over Cobblefield for centuries?
Armed with the knowledge gleaned from the internet and with the help of David, will she be able to best Mary/Fanny once and for all? When the ghosts see that Mary has been weakened, will they remain under her thrall or will they help Beth to defeat her?
Is it even possible to defeat the evil that has permeated the very foundations of Hadlow House and lift the pall that has hung over Cobblefield for centuries?
August 3, 2024
Couldn't stop reading.
I started reading book 1 and thought how can you make 13 books about one place.
I was hooked I read all 13 one after the other, gripping scary houmered and love.
It was a fantastic series and, now I'm an Any Cross convert these books gripped me start to finish.
A rousing well done to Any Cross.
I started reading book 1 and thought how can you make 13 books about one place.
I was hooked I read all 13 one after the other, gripping scary houmered and love.
It was a fantastic series and, now I'm an Any Cross convert these books gripped me start to finish.
A rousing well done to Any Cross.
December 16, 2024
Wow... This was an amazing ending 🥺❤️👌🏼
It was a very nostalgic book since we got to see many of the ghosts we met since book 1
I like how I went from hating Fanny to feeling sorry for her.
It was the perfect ending for this series. It had everything a good ghost story should have: terror but also the sadness of reflecting on grief and the importance of letting go.
It was a very nostalgic book since we got to see many of the ghosts we met since book 1
I like how I went from hating Fanny to feeling sorry for her.
It was the perfect ending for this series. It had everything a good ghost story should have: terror but also the sadness of reflecting on grief and the importance of letting go.
December 28, 2024
Finally over
I thought this was a good ending to the series. It was kept up to date, and with the way this last book was written, I couldn't think of a better way to end it than trying to do a paranormal investigation. That's so appropriate for what's happening in this day and age. Great series Amy Cross.
I thought this was a good ending to the series. It was kept up to date, and with the way this last book was written, I couldn't think of a better way to end it than trying to do a paranormal investigation. That's so appropriate for what's happening in this day and age. Great series Amy Cross.
January 2, 2025
Incredibly satisfying conclusion to the Hadlow House series. Some of the 13 books have been hit or miss, but the overall storyline of this whole series has been both equal parts haunting, horrifying and hopeful. Loved the concept in its entirety and some of those scenes and characters will stay with me for a while.
April 16, 2025
Definitely, an intense ending to this series. It took all of the ghosts and Beth to finally stop Mary and put an end to her evil reign. Even the village felt relief when she was stopped and the house was totally destroyed. The ghosts all moved on, and some were reunited with each other. I'm sure that Annie will keep an eye on Beth and make sure that she is okay from time to time. Great series.
September 10, 2025
Totally Unexpected
I liked the way all the ghosts came together. Learning who ghost zero was, was a little letdown. It would have been better if Mary was a demon. She was simply another ghost making everyone's life miserable. How could one person be that powerful? Still, the series was a masterpiece. You are a genius, Amy Cross.
I liked the way all the ghosts came together. Learning who ghost zero was, was a little letdown. It would have been better if Mary was a demon. She was simply another ghost making everyone's life miserable. How could one person be that powerful? Still, the series was a masterpiece. You are a genius, Amy Cross.
April 1, 2024
2024
I am almost sad that this is the last book of Hadlow House. I do however appreciate how it ended and many things were answered that needed to be. Definitely a good series for those who like books on haunted houses and ghosts.
I am almost sad that this is the last book of Hadlow House. I do however appreciate how it ended and many things were answered that needed to be. Definitely a good series for those who like books on haunted houses and ghosts.
April 29, 2024
ehhhh
Books 1-12 a great read with minimal fillers . Book 13 all filler no real storyline that’s interesting and severely predictable outcomes and plots
Skip 13 read all of the rest . Fantastic series besides the lackluster predicable plot line of the final book
Books 1-12 a great read with minimal fillers . Book 13 all filler no real storyline that’s interesting and severely predictable outcomes and plots
Skip 13 read all of the rest . Fantastic series besides the lackluster predicable plot line of the final book
June 3, 2025
The series was ok but I think it could have been shorter. I thought I knew where the books were going but I was surprised about the time I got bored. I did skim over some sections just because it kind of got monotonous.
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