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Explore Amy Cross's books in publication order, with short summaries of her horror, ghost stories, and fantasy novels to help you choose where to start.

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How to Make a Ghost

by Amy Cross

2021

A violent storm brings Eve Marsh back to her childhood home and the father she abandoned years earlier. His deteriorating mind and a presence in the shadows draw her toward the truth about her missing younger sister.

Origin

by Amy Cross

2021

After her sister dies, Connie Collins watches her parents' marriage deteriorate at Leavenshome Farm. Strange events suggest that the dead girl is trying to reach her, but Connie begins to suspect another presence is hiding inside the house.

Out There

by Amy Cross

2021

Charlotte Walker is abducted after her car breaks down on a remote road, becoming the prisoner of an undetected serial killer. Escaping into the woods brings her to a reclusive stranger whose determination to remain alone creates another threat.

During a snowstorm in 1929, Thomas Skellen shelters in the ruined Crowford Grand hotel. A girl living there warns that its ghosts trap every visitor, while two police officers approach through the blizzard in pursuit of a murderer.

Rachel Reed plans to convert Crossley Manor into a luxury hotel and attract visitors with ghost hunts. The spirits resist her attempts to exploit their history, and a forbidden room may explain why one woman's desire for revenge endures.

The Great Beyond

by Amy Cross

2021

Chief Inspector John Noad closes in on Ted Armitage after years of undetected murders in Twist Valley. A survivor reluctantly considers returning to the farm where she almost died, knowing that helping the police could place her in danger again.

Edward House believes the ghost that destroyed his childhood is gone. When his daughter begins seeing the same presence in their new home, he and his sister must face the past before its violence repeats itself.

Owing money to gangsters on the French Riviera, Stella seeks wealthy men to scam and meets the enigmatic Matthew Thorne. His mansion holds an unsettling presence, while his apparent knowledge of the future complicates her desperate search for safety.

A wounded woman wakes in Quist House without remembering her identity or how she arrived. With doors and windows sealed and strange sounds upstairs, she searches for clues while a grandfather clock seems to mark the time left to escape.

After her son's death, Sally Cooper longs to see his ghost at the Crowford Hoy pub. A suggested ritual offers hope, but reaching beyond the living world stirs older spirits whose unfinished business may threaten everyone around her.

Susan Jones takes a job at Crowford's old cinema to earn money for a fresh start. The building's earlier tragedy refuses to stay buried, and Winifred Thorpe's ghost turns her route out of town into a dangerous mystery.

Paula wants to leave crime behind, but one final burglary promises the money for a fresh start. Breaking into a wealthy recluse's heavily protected house instead traps her and her companions inside his cruel games and family obsessions.

In wartime Crowford, Nurse Alice Johnson tends air-raid casualties while visions of the dead warn of disaster. Dismissed by her superiors, she must interpret their increasingly urgent message before the hospital suffers the fiery fate she fears.

Dying painter Anthony Toyner arrives in Crowford seeking inspiration for one last work. He encounters Sister Elsa, a nun who returns bloodied from an abandoned church, and becomes drawn into the mystery of her nightly visits and the ruins' past.

An accident sends castle guide Winifred Croft from 2003 into the English Civil War, where Crowford Castle is under siege. In the present, her daughter tries to contact her supposed ghost and uncovers legends that may explain her disappearance.

Trill

by Amy Cross

2021

Jessica Lace inherits her estranged father's remote Scottish home and questions why he divided it into separate apartments. Removing the walls may expose the truth behind local rumors of a dead woman's ghost and undo his protection against it.

Twist Valley

by Amy Cross

2021

New mother Rebecca Ballard encounters Ted Armitage after her car breaks down, then discovers he refuses to accept rejection. Imprisoned at his remote farm, she searches for an escape while strange noises suggest her captor may also be in danger.

As blood falls from the sky and cities burn, Ramsey Kopperud searches an ancient book for a way to stop the apocalypse. A powerful witch's approaching release sends her into a desperate confrontation with threats from her old life.

Dead Man

by Amy Cross

2022

Dorothy Moore hopes the execution of her daughter's murderer will bring closure. When townspeople seize and abuse his corpse, Morton Kane rises again, forcing her to confront the consequences of revenge as the dead killer begins exacting his own.

Mary

by Amy Cross

2022

On his first village night shift, Sergeant Ben Warner receives an urgent call about Mary Moore at an abandoned cottage. Defying instructions to ignore it, he investigates and encounters a woman caught in a terrifying supernatural mystery.

One Star

by Amy Cross

2022

Harry Jenkins forgets the scathing review he wrote of a horror novel until its author moves into the cottage opposite. Her interest soon turns threatening, leaving Harry and his wife fighting to survive a writer's murderous anger.

A couple encounters a bloodthirsty family, children discover a widow's dangerous fantasy, and an endless scream unsettles a town. Six stories expose violence and bizarre threats beneath ordinary life, testing whether their victims can escape or resist.

Room 9 and Other Stories

by Amy Cross

2022

A girl enters a haunted motel room, two men face a dead friend's return, and a forgotten town confronts a vengeful spirit. These stories explore old guilt and dangerous encounters with the dead, including ghost hunters visiting an ominous house.

Ten Chimes to Midnight

by Amy Cross

2022

An underground train stops at an abandoned station, a woman visits her dead father's home, and a dog protects its family from an entity. Ten stories follow encounters with ghosts, disturbing discoveries, and seemingly harmless events that turn dangerous.

A man investigates his wife's nighttime work at her butcher shop, while others confront haunted houses, unsettling diaries, and messages from the dead. These stories explore intimate secrets and ordinary places where death refuses to remain safely in the past.

Estate agent Mercy Willow visits an isolated Cornish cottage as a huge storm approaches. Moving suitcases, a human-shaped ceiling stain, and a creaking empty chair draw her into a race to uncover the tragedy haunting the threatened house.

The Curse of Rosie Stone

by Amy Cross

2022

Rosie Stone dreams of escaping her village but lacks the money to leave. Bones discovered on the moor promise a miracle if she protects them, drawing her into a bargain with a dead warrior king whose help comes with conditions.

The First Order

by Amy Cross

2022

In 1956, Sister June leaves her English convent for a remote Swiss castle. Ordered to assist a priest's secret work, she discovers a deadly experiment and begins questioning whether obedience to her superiors will make her part of something evil.

The Fourth Shadow

by Amy Cross

2022

Sister June travels to New York in 1970 to investigate reports of a vampire, drawing her into Count Bastiani's mysterious world. As tragedy undermines her faith, she must determine whether the First Order has misunderstood the danger lurking nearby.

The Ghost in Room 119

by Amy Cross

2022

Penny and Steve's Barcelona holiday changes when Steve sees a woman resembling an ex-girlfriend from a violent breakup. Strange noises from room 119 and the woman's unsettling presence draw him toward a threat connected to his own past.

Mercy Willow investigates a remote Cornish mansion where a ghostly girl's appearance foretells death. When the figure begins visiting someone close to her, Mercy must uncover Gower Grange's past before the deadly warning becomes reality.

Andrew leaves London to restore an abandoned seaside house, ignoring its grim reputation and strange nighttime noises. When a friend moves in, a haunting tied to thwarted love and a local death threatens his attempt at a fresh start.

Polly Gaskell moves with her husband and baby to a prestigious Crowford estate in 1979. Strange noises and attacks expose the land's buried history, and her attempts to protect her son reveal that their new home may resist escape.

Newly arrived in Crowford, Mandy Marsh discovers something strange in the garden while her father starts work at the station. Stories of a tunnel ghost and a figure on the platform suggest a connection that could warn of approaching tragedy.

Released from prison after a disastrous attempt to contact a ghost, Cassie Briggs returns to Fort Powell hoping to rebuild her life. A vengeful woman, an investigating writer, and strange carvings suggest the cabin's evil has survived.

Mercy Willow starts over as an estate agent in a Cornish village and sets out to sell a house marked by tragedy. Its restless ghosts and buried family secrets threaten to expose the dangerous past she has fled.

With her father away at war in 1939, Katie explores the forest near the rundown pub where she lives. A dangerous presence outside and unexplained noises indoors force Katie and her mother to confront more than fears about the fighting.

Cassie Carter hopes to rescue Crowford's failing theatre, but cursed productions and unexplained noises threaten her plans. Preparing a local playwright's classic work draws her toward a vengeful spirit and a tragedy whose secrets still haunt the building.

The Second Veil

by Amy Cross

2022

Ten years after Switzerland, Sister June's quiet convent life is disturbed by Sister Margaret's approaching death. A missing woman's ghost seeks revenge, drawing June into the convent's past and toward a secret hidden beneath the building.

Tragedy on Thaxos drives Edgar toward a desperate plan to help his wife, while Madeleine investigates a mysterious arrival's altered memories. Her search for Joe's past exposes a possible weapon aimed at the Le Compte family.

Estate agent Mercy Willow can speak with the ghosts haunting her properties. At a house on Sidle Street, a child's cries suggest a second presence, drawing her into an old injustice whose victim still demands revenge.

The Third Beast

by Amy Cross

2022

In 1969, Sister June investigates a strange corpse washed onto a Cornish beach. Stories of creatures in the bay and a long-sunken pirate ship draw her toward an ancient conflict that threatens the village.

Wax part 1

by Amy Cross

2022

Rachel travels with Brad to meet a woman she believes may be her birth mother. Their visit brings them into a house guarded by an evasive man, turning a search for family answers into a disturbing mystery.

Wax part 2

by Amy Cross

2022

Rachel's reunion with her mother raises troubling questions about Evelyn's behavior and the secrets of Harlham Hall. Brad investigates a strange girl and equipment hidden in a garage, finding signs that their hosts have dangerous plans.

Wax part 3

by Amy Cross

2022

Rachel suspects that something is watching her and her mother from the shadows of Harlham Hall. As Brad uncovers more about Bernard's intentions, warning Rachel becomes urgent, but the household's secrets make reaching her increasingly difficult.

Wax part 4

by Amy Cross

2022

This installment turns to Evelyn's past, exploring the years after she gave up Rachel and her relationship with Bernard. Illness and difficult choices reveal more of the history behind the disturbing events at Harlham Hall.

Wax part 5

by Amy Cross

2022

After a terrifying discovery, Rachel struggles to understand what is happening inside Harlham Hall. Learning more about the household doesn't bring safety, and her growing suspicions put her at odds with Bernard's determination to protect his secrets.

Wax part 6

by Amy Cross

2022

Rachel seems to have found the life she wanted, with time to know her mother in the comfort of Harlham Hall. A remaining threat forces her to confront the cost of that happiness and the house's final secret.

1689

by Amy Cross

2023

Richard Hadlow builds a countryside house and marries, hoping to create a peaceful family life. Unexplained noises and whispers soon disturb the new home, where a secret from his past threatens the happiness he has so carefully planned.

1722

by Amy Cross

2023

A new family moves into Hadlow House after decades of emptiness following its first owner's tragic death. Their apparent countryside idyll begins to unravel as voices from the past emerge, leaving them uncertain whether the spirits offer warnings or threats.

1775

by Amy Cross

2023

Nearly a century after its first tragedy, Hadlow House still torments the people living within its walls. Catherine tries to escape its oppressive atmosphere by taking refuge in a nearby village, only to discover that the haunting may follow her.

1800

by Amy Cross

2023

Cobblefield's residents know to avoid the abandoned Hadlow House, but two young girls disappear after apparently heading there for an adventure. One is descended from an early victim, raising the possibility that the house's tragic history is repeating itself.

1837

by Amy Cross

2023

A wealthy family buys the ruins of Hadlow House and restores the property as a countryside retreat. After they move in, disturbing presences expose secrets from their own past, threatening to turn their ambitious restoration into another chapter of tragedy.

1885

by Amy Cross

2023

An accident leaves Edward's family short of money and forces them back to Hadlow House, which he thought he had escaped forever. Returning with Elsa, he discovers a lingering horror tied to the family truths he has avoided confronting.

1901

by Amy Cross

2023

Caroline Demeter has remained at Hadlow House for years, declining every chance of marriage until an unexpected encounter offers another life. Memories of an old tragedy make her fear that leaving could bring disaster upon her brother and his children.

1918

by Amy Cross

2023

Soldier Wallace Demeter returns from the First World War to a family struggling beneath Hadlow House's shadow. His sister's disturbing dreams and his memories of a ghostly battlefield encounter suggest the house's influence reaches far beyond its grounds.

1926

by Amy Cross

2023

As another war approaches, Caroline Demeter struggles to protect her remaining family while running Cobblefield's pub. Despite her vow never to enter Hadlow House again, a pull toward the forest makes her reconsider whether she alone can stop its evil.

1939

by Amy Cross

2023

Johnny and Hayley plan a Halloween gathering at an abandoned house in the Kent countryside, delighted by its fire-damaged rooms. Their friends' night of partying becomes a struggle for survival when Hadlow House's unseen occupants begin to make themselves known.

1966

by Amy Cross

2023

In 1966, teenagers Johnny and Hayley take a group of friends to Hadlow House, a fire-damaged manor that has stood empty in the Kent countryside for years. Their Halloween party turns dangerous when they realize they are not alone inside.

1999

by Amy Cross

2023

Beth Cooper's parents buy an abandoned house to restore as a luxury hotel, uprooting their family from the city. Whispering voices and a growing sense of dread convince Beth that Hadlow House is haunted, but persuading her parents proves difficult.

Angel

by Amy Cross

2023

Ash Doggett escorts a murder victim's body to Zurich after learning that his estranged father killed her. Trying to make amends draws him into beliefs about restless souls and an ominous presence following him through the city.

A year after Sheryl and her friends humiliated Rachel Ritter and posted the video online, Rachel returns to town. Her apparent forgiveness conceals a disturbing secret, and strange events leave her tormentors fearing revenge they cannot yet understand.

Mercy Willow enters an apparently ordinary house and encounters ghosts whose secrets echo her own hidden history. As her former identities resurface, she must confront the inner demons threatening her survival and the dangers waiting in the shadows.

The Devil on Davis Drive

by Amy Cross

2023

Mercy Willow expects an easy sale on Davis Drive until the owners' daughter claims the Devil has possessed her. Investigating the girl's disturbing behavior forces Mercy to question whether this house conceals a force beyond anything she has faced.

The End of Mercy Willow

by Amy Cross

2023

Mercy Willow faces one final day to save Candleward from a deadly plan that has unfolded for years. With her alter egos returning and a secret cult approaching its reckoning, she struggles to protect those she loves.

The Eyes of Maddy Park

by Amy Cross

2023

Three teenagers approach a remote cottage to test rumors that looking into its occupant's eyes means death. Their dare uncovers Maddy Park's terrible curse and the lasting consequences of a car crash that changed her life decades earlier.

The Fifth Tomb

by Amy Cross

2023

In 1981, Sister June investigates an archaeological dig in the African desert, where an English explorer claims to have discovered a lost civilization's tomb. Disturbing noises and his secretive behavior suggest the expedition may awaken something better left buried.

Nathan Jenkins wants to contact his dead wife, but his attempts may have summoned something dangerous. Mercy Willow joins his daughter Lily to investigate the haunting while fighting an inner enemy that threatens to take control of her body.

Mercy Willow investigates Olive Atkins, a woman whose mysterious death hides one of Candleward's darkest secrets. Discovering that Olive shared her ability to communicate with ghosts, Mercy sees a warning about her own past and possible fate.

While selling a Cornish home, Mercy Willow encounters Tom Bell's ghost and another spirit troubling him. Investigating the celebrated man's history reveals secrets missing from his public legend and a wrong that has endured for almost a century.

Mia Rush thinks her new home completes a perfect family life until strange noises and a disturbing dinner party reveal a presence. As the haunting reaches her husband and daughter, she struggles to understand what threatens them.

A woman bargains with a murderous chef, a man confronts a childhood secret, and a dying husband makes a difficult promise. This collection brings ghosts, killers, zombies, and strange creatures into encounters where familiar objects acquire terrifying possibilities.

Called back to Gower Grange, Mercy Willow learns that freeing it from one ghost may have left another behind. A concealed presence waits for the right moment to strike, trapping her in a struggle against a hungry malevolent force.

Mercy Willow hopes to resume her work as an estate agent, but Payne Priory's conversion into a home awakens its troubled past. Shadows and whispers of death draw her toward the presence children claim inhabits its abandoned rooms.

The Secret of Adam Grey

by Amy Cross

2023

In eighteenth-century Crowford, Adam Grey moves between smugglers and aristocrats while racing to protect someone he loves. Violence and the threat of arriving soldiers surround his mission, whose consequences reach a proposed car park two centuries later.

When Andy Lannigan returns to Crowford with the annual funfair, he discovers that the girl he loves has been murdered. Joining her friends to investigate, he searches for her killer as the approaching carnival threatens to bring further danger.

A hooded figure reappears at Torfork Tower, a Cornish mansion where its sightings are said to foretell murder. As old secrets threaten fresh deaths, bringing Mercy Willow back from confinement within her own mind may demand a dangerous sacrifice.

2024

by Amy Cross

2024

Beth Cooper returns to Hadlow House twenty-five years after losing her family there, armed with extensive research and a plan for revenge. Convinced she understands its deadly ghost, she prepares a confrontation that may expose the limits of her knowledge.

A Cuckoo in Winter

by Amy Cross

2024

Five girls enter a winter forest, but six return, each remembered by the others. Unable to identify the impostor or trust their memories, they carry the nightmare into adulthood, when a reunion finally brings its hidden threat into focus.

Ben

by Amy Cross

2024

Julia and Henry hide in a remote house under rules forbidding outside contact, attention to strange noises, and discussion of the previous day. As Henry senses an approaching presence, their refuge becomes a confrontation with a tragedy they cannot escape.

Blood & Bone

by Amy Cross

2024

With London overrun by zombies and no rescue coming, Daphne's hotel survivors face dwindling food supplies. A proposed expedition to Buckingham Palace divides the group, while attacks on their barricades and tensions inside the household make every choice more dangerous.

Blood of the Lost

by Amy Cross

2024

John struggles to maintain control of Sobolton while refusing help with the changes threatening his body and identity. In the town's frontier past, a fragile truce with the wolves faces collapse as one man searches for a compromise.

Cry of the Wolf

by Amy Cross

2024

With Lisa hospitalized, John Tench faces wolves intent on revenge for a broken agreement between their people and Sobolton. An injury he sustained in the forest begins to change him, making the battle to protect the town increasingly personal.

Dead End Town

by Amy Cross

2024

As humans and wolves fight over Sobolton, Lisa and her unlikely allies enter wolf territory to rescue Eloise. John struggles with a body divided between two forms, while a hidden manipulator threatens to turn the conflict toward a devastating conclusion.

Dead Widow Road

by Amy Cross

2024

The last surviving widow of a fatal bus crash seeks answers, convinced the truth has been concealed and that she can contact the dead. John and Lisa investigate, discovering that the crash site may still harbor a dangerous presence.

Dust & Rain

by Amy Cross

2024

A storm gathers above London's zombie-filled streets as Daphne struggles to keep the hotel barricades intact. Tom and Maggie seek shelter at Buckingham Palace, only to discover that its apparent promise of safety may hide another deadly trap.

Echo of the Dead

by Amy Cross

2024

John Tench must choose between his former life and a new existence as wolves threaten Sobolton. Lisa ventures into the forest alone to rescue her daughter, while the town's converging histories offer an ancient enemy a chance to strike.

Electrification

by Amy Cross

2024

Lisa's investigation of a mysterious cabin begins breaking down the boundary between past and present, uncovering memories of her childhood. Meanwhile, John questions local legends and the efforts to conceal a history that a dead girl's ghost wants exposed.

End of the World

by Amy Cross

2024

Sobolton's broken agreement with the wolves leaves the town vulnerable as old ghosts return to witness a decisive battle. Lisa seeks John Tench, believing he may hold the key to protecting her daughter and confronting a threat beyond the conflict.

Hell & Hail

by Amy Cross

2024

After the devastating rain ends, London's survivors confront fresh dangers and divisions within their refuge. Alex Earnshaw tries to consolidate control of the hotel, while Tom uncovers alarming secrets at the palace and others face increasingly perilous encounters outside.

Here & Now

by Amy Cross

2024

Daphne Earnshaw is weighing an offer to sell her family's struggling London hotel when a fast-moving virus unleashes a zombie outbreak. With help unavailable, she and her staff barricade their street while trying to decide whom they can trust.

In a Lonely Grave

by Amy Cross

2024

Sheriff John Tench follows the case of a murdered girl toward a forest legend about a creature trapped in a pit. Meanwhile, Lisa notices troubling inconsistencies in her life and begins to suspect a hidden enemy much closer to home.

In Human Bonds

by Amy Cross

2024

John and Lisa reluctantly join forces to prevent war between Sobolton's humans and wolves, while both confront disturbing personal changes. Doctor Robert Law may offer help, but his glimpses of a terrifying future suggest another danger is waiting to emerge.

Little Miss Dead

by Amy Cross

2024

Sobolton's new sheriff finds a murdered girl's body beneath a frozen lake, then hears reports of her ghost appearing around town. A veterinarian investigating a rabid wolf discovers signs of a wider threat connected to the same grisly scene.

Man on the Moon

by Amy Cross

2024

John races to prevent another tragedy while discovering that some Sobolton residents will do anything to preserve an uneasy balance. Lisa confronts recovered memories of the person who shattered her life, as a dead girl's demand for justice grows stronger.

Red-Eyed Nellie

by Amy Cross

2024

The wolves prepare to seize Sobolton after receiving news that the town may be defenseless. Their leader Saint Thomas seeks to break an ancient curse and remove his remaining opponents, but Lisa Sondnes refuses to let his ambitions go unchallenged.

Rust & Burn

by Amy Cross

2024

London's cleared streets offer little comfort while creatures remain inside buildings and military action threatens the survivors. Jenny guides Peter through the ruins, Colin questions a newcomer's motives at the hotel, and those at the palace face another desperate struggle.

Swan Territory

by Amy Cross

2024

Veterinarian Lisa Sondnes visits a reclusive millionaire to treat his diseased swans, discovering unsettling secrets on his property. Meanwhile, John pursues the mystery of the murdered girl in the ice, finding another old tragedy connected to the millionaire's mansion.

Young Lydia Smith discovers books offering dark powers and an escape from caring for her sick mother and enduring her cruel father. Learning their secrets unleashes forces beyond her control, while reanimated bones offer help that may carry a terrible price.

The Ghost of Harry Prym

by Amy Cross

2024

Jessica Prym visits a country mansion after hearing that her estranged father has died. The ghost she finds belongs to another Harry Prym with another missing daughter named Jessica, drawing her into a family mystery that may have lured her deliberately.

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