The third (and possibly last) in this enjoyable, easy reading series about a Mulder and Scully type partnership investigating murders that have a supernatural element to them.

Here the story is based in a creepy old hotel in NYC where murder, demons and ghosts are a plenty.

I’ve enjoyed this series immensely. Short, easy and fun reads that don’t take themselves too seriously but, alas this was my least favourite of the trilogy.

The story itself was fun but some of the dialogue was just downright weird. Characters were saying the oddest of things that didn’t seem natural at all. That with too many cliched lines from characters that just felt incredibly lazy.

Also there is a saccharine sweet overtone to this one. It’s not hinted at. You are hit over the head with it. I didn’t care for it at all.

So enjoyable if flawed and certainly the weakest of the three, it’s still worth your time as you will read it in no time at all.

Many thanks to the publisher for the ARC through Netgalley.

Detective Maria Miller and partner Frankie are called to the Parker hotel where 2 teeanager girls are discovered dead, with their feet missing. Perplexed as this doesn’t seem a supernatural case, however, soo the Parker hotel reveals a nasty shadow that is our to get Maria. The hotels history relays years of strange encounters on the 13th floor and this isn’t the first murder either. Can these cases be linked?
I really enjoy this series, slightly off the mainstream route, but provides a well written paranormal plot, with likeable main characters that have history together. I hope to see more books in the series.

Detective Maria takes one last call at the end of her shift, which brings her and her partner, Frankie, to a murder scene at a local hotel that has a checkered history with mysteries and murders. As soon as Maria steps foot in the building, she knows there is something wrong and very dark in the walls with an ominous sightings of the blue lady that is reportedly only seen by people prior to something bad happening.

The Girls on Floor 13 is a detective procedural mystery with a supernatural twist. Now, i will admit that the supernatural isn't my usial cup of tea, but i love Helen Phifer so much that I had to give it a try. I love the characters in this series. The Detectives are relatable, and i find their banter wnjoyable. Marias elderly neighbors are just 2 lovely women who are easy to fall in love with as well.

The writing is great. I love Helen's writing style and it is easy to fall into the story. They are quick reads, well paced.

The ending was a bit surprising in this book and left me with some questions for the series.

Overall, i enjoyed this book and would recommend reading it.

Thank you to Helen Phifer, NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC in exchange for honest review.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my copy of this book.

Detectives Marie and Frankie happen upon a case when Maria answers the phone at the end of a long shift. Two teenage girls have been murdered and their feet removed and taken. Their bodies were found in a hotel. A hotel that has a reputation for being haunted. As they investigate Maria is targeted by whatever is in the Parker hotel, facing death more than once.

I will confess I am not a huge fan of the supernatural. However the way the author writes this series is fantastic. Maria and more so Frankie are sceptical and it takes a lot to get them to believe. While somethings are unbelievable I find that I am so engrossed in the whole storyline, they just fall into place. I enjoyed the pace of this book, and the unexpected ending. The final pages made me a bit sad but I’ve got my fingers crossed this isn’t the last time we see Maria and Frankie.

Loved it.

I haven’t read this author before, so I was interested in the ideas in this book. Supernatural and hauntings are not my favourite genre. However, the premise of this story was good. Maria and Frank are great characters. There are references to previous cases, which occurred in previous books in the series, but it is not essential to have read them to make sense of this book. It was an intriguing story that held my attention, although I did wonder about some of the police work. Thanks to NetGalley and Storm Publishing for an advance copy to review.

I love the author so was keen to get stuck in but I mainly ended up confused. O wasn't expecting the supernatural element and if the book was going down that route then I with they'd committed to it and really added in more creepy and scary elements. It all jist felt a bit half done. The police procedural side was entertaining and the actual murder side of it kept my attention. There were also a lot of random characters that seemed to pop in and out and have mo real purpose. Overall it all felt very unfocused and bitty...... like a bit serial killer a bit police procedural a but supernatural a bit romance...... and none of them fully committed to

When the bodies of two teenage girls are found in a rundown hotel room on the 13th floor of a New York City hotel, Detective Maria Miller is called to investigate. From the very beginning, strange and spooky occurrences happen, such as homicidal and suicidal ghosts. Maria is never quite sure who the killer is and puts her life on the line several times to solve the mystery. This book is a paranormal, ghostly, mystery thriller with a gripping plot and some added humor, Overall, the book is decent but the paranormal aspect didn't appeal to me. However, some readers may enjoy it.

I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

What a fantastic read, Helen Phifer is a new author to me but having read this i will look for her other books.

i could not put it down, i was hooked from beginning to end.

many thanks for the opportunity to review

The Girls on Floor 13
by Helen Phifer
Pub Date: May 30, 20242
Thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for the ARC of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.
When the bodies of two teenage girls are discovered in a rundown New York City hotel room, Detective Maria Miller is called to the crime scene. The best friends were supposed to be at a sleepover miles away in the suburbs. With no record of the girls checking in and the room on the thirteenth floor closed off to guests, what were they doing there?
Perfect for fans of Karin Slaughter, Mary Stone and A. J. Rivers, The Girls on Floor 13 will have you racing through the pages and sleeping with the lights on.
Good read - this book is a ghostly, mystery thriller with a great plot and some added humor. Loved the main characters which were a pair of detectives, Frankie and Maria. This is the first book I’ve read by this author and enjoyed the paranormal setting.

This book really had it all for me as it kept me captivated all the way through, it was a very thrilling book overall.

When the bodies of two teenage girls are discovered in a rundown New York City hotel room, Detective Maria Miller is called to the crime scene in The Girls on Floor 13 by Helen Phifer.

The best friends were supposed to be at a sleepover miles away in the suburbs. With no record of the girls checking in and the room on the thirteenth floor closed off to guests, what were they doing there? While Maria races to interview staff before another body turns up, the hotel manager shares an old newspaper article about an identical double murder decades before. Could the cases be linked?

The Girls on Floor 13 is a good supernatural story with a nice, sentimental ending. Some parts were slow, but overall, it was a solid story with good characters.

I look forward to more in this series. I like Homicide Detectives Maria Miller and Frankie Conroy as they have a fun relationship with good banter.

I would recommend this book, this series, and this author.

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I started off hook to this story at first, until it went the paranormal route (i didn't realize this was the third book in a series). Overall the dialogue was a bit cheesy to me and the paranormal aspect was spooky at first but then everything just kinda fell flat at the end. Some of the side characters, ie Harrison, felt unnecessary ( i honestly thought he was the killer for a minute bc his character was so suspiciously placed in the story) i'm giving this 3 stars because i feel like a lot of things were rushed to wrap up and i still have questions to be honest.

Thank you Netgalley and publishers for the exchange of this ARC for my honest review!

Maria Miller is no stranger to the world of evil. A homicide detective by trade she has dealt with every human evil imaginable, but lately something unnatural is stirring and it seems to be attracted to Maria.
When two teenage girls are found dead in an infamous hotel that resembles a cold case from decades ago, Maria must battle supernatural forces to foil an entity who is hell bent on finishing their murder spree.

This book was definitely interesting. It went in directions I wasn’t expecting and it was an entertaining read. The paranormal elements are a fun twist on a police procedural, thriller.

In saying that I felt as though there were many unnecessary aspects to the work or that just didn’t make sense.
Large parts of the dialogue I felt wasn’t needed, especially by those who aren’t main characters. There is a lot of adjacent characters that we never see again that probably don’t need to be included.
The relationship/romance aspects are strange. They add nothing of value to the work and at one stage she says she’s falling in love with Harrison but then is jealous of her detective partner and has always had a thing for him? Unneeded.
The demon makes absolutely no sense. Is it a sleep demon? Not really… more research into paranormal entities and demons would have benefited this work.

this is my first novel by Helen Phifer and it won't be my last.
Based around Detective Maria Miller who is called to a crime scene in a hotel. . The best friends were supposed to be at a sleepover but tragedy strikes and they were found lifeless.
why? what happened?
it's full of twist and intrigue.
Excellent

Another great supernatural thriller featuring Maria and Frankie together with Emelia, Missy and Father Anthony. An evil entity roams the Parker hotel and its up to Maria and company to stop it and get rid of it. Creepy and heart breaking at the same time. The last scene with the lady in blue is really touching. It looks like this is the last in the series. Maria and Frankie have had one encounter too many to deal with any more! I'm sorry to see them go.
Thanks to Netgalley, Storm Publishing and Helen Phifer for a free copy in exchange for an honest review.

Crime, supernatural, thriller? This is everything you could ever want in a suspenseful, OMG book. I was biting my nails the entire time waiting for what was going on next!

Two teenage girls were found brutally murdered on the 13th floor of a downtown New York City hotel reputed to be a haunted house. The floor was closed off to guests and there was no record of them checking in. Upon further investigation, Detective Maria Miller found messages on their cell phones that suggested that the girls were lured to the hotel by their long-time interest in hauntings. There was no DNA left in their room and Maria had difficulty in locating their family. It appeared that the girls were lured to the hotel by one of its employees who promised them a haunting experience. Only an employee of the hotel would have been able to give them access to the empty room.
Maria learns from an old newspaper article about a similar double murder that had occurred years before. If the present case is somehow linked will there be other murders? When one of their chief suspects is found murdered, she races ahead to find the killer fearing that her own life may be in danger.
An absolute off-the-chart thriller that will keep you holding your breath until you reach the safe ending.

I thought the first 2 books in this fabulous series were creepy enough but this one gave me chills.
Maria and Frankie take a call to a hotel where the bodies of 2 teenagers are found. What may be a normal homicide turns into a paranormal thriller when Maria gets an uneasy feeling about the hotel, she sees a woman in a blue dress but is told she's been dead for over 80 years and when anyone sees her it's a premonition of a death. Mysterious sightings and events leave Maria and Frankie debating their futures in their roles.
I love the paranormal and ghostly aspects to this series, I hope its not the last in the series.

I received an ARC from the publisher in exchange for an honest review

The Girls on Floor 13 by Helen Phifer is a mutli-POV paranormal mystery following Detective Maria Miller as she investigates the murder of two teenage girls in a haunted hotel. Maria sees a woman dressed entirely in blue, a figure of the hotel that often signals that the person who sees her will die soon.

The chapters in the POV of the murderer have a bit more of a noir voice and it does get uncomfortable with how the POV character talks about women. There are mentions of feet in a sexual way and there is a decent amount of focus on feet in the murderer’s POV chapters, so if that squicks you out, I would suggest giving this a pass.

Maria is in a burgeoning relationship with Harrison, a rich businessman, who’s exact job is unknown to Maria. The two have a lot of chemistry with Harrison attracted to Maria’s tough nature and Maria attracted to his earnestness. Their banter is very cute and how much Harrison cares for Maria is very clear, even letting her stay at his place when she isn’t feeling well and buying clothes for her so she can get right back to work if she wants to.

I would recommend this to fans of paranormal mysteries set in New York, readers looking for a hint of noir in their mysteries, and those looking for a strong romance subplot in their mysteries.

For as long as some can remember strange happenings occur in room 1303 on floor 13 in the rundown Parker Hotel in New York City. Murder, suicides and a woman dressed in blue haunt the hotel. Homicide Detectives Maria Miller and Frankie Conroy of the Strange Case Files have answered the call to investigate the murder of two teenage girls in the hotel. Reminiscent of a similar unsolved killing years ago in the same hotel have the detectives investigating at their own peril. A paranormal twist is very evident in this thriller with suspense and a ghost that may cause harm to anyone who sees her.
Thank you Netgalley and Storm Publishing for an early copy of this creepy crime thriller. The comments and review are my honest opinion.