Haunted Collection Series, Books 1 - 3

By: Ron Ripley

Narrated by: Thom Bowers

Length: 22 hrs and 46 mins

Publisher's Summary

After his wife is brutally murdered, Victor Daniels is thrust into a supernatural world he struggles to comprehend. Seeking answers, he teams up with paranormal expert Jeremy Rhinehart. They race against time to stop a man who’s spreading chaos and violence by way of deadly, haunted objects....

"Collecting Death" 

Victor Daniels and Jeremy Rhinehart discover a myriad of haunted collectibles unleashed upon the world. Together they begin to hunt them down. But it’s not long before they realize the haunted spirits within are more bloodthirsty now than when they were alive....

"Walter’s Rifle"

Stefan Korzh’s plan to spread fear and paranoia is unraveling perfectly, but Victor Daniels and Jeremy Rhinehart won’t let that happen. They race against time to stop the mayhem, but as they get closer, they discover how dangerous Stefan truly is....

"Blood in the Mirror"

As Victor and Jeremy continue their quest against evil, they discover a terrifying force lurking in their midst. Nothing is ever as it seems....

©2017 Ron Ripley (P)2018 ScareStreet.com

Excellent series.

This is one of my favourite series! This consists of Collecting Death, Walter's Rifle and Blood in the Mirror. I will give a snippet of each of my reviews for each book...

Collecting Death

I started reading this at night and had to put it aside till the morning because it was creeping me out!!! I don't know if people actually do buy things simply because they think they're haunted, but let me tell you something, it wouldn't be me!!! Nuh uh!! I had nightmares of those nasty dolls turning their faces as I passed, it was horrible!! Anyway, the plot was fast paced and extremely scary. We have a teddy bear, a doll and a teapot. What do these all have in common? Well they are all haunted by homicidal ghosts. These ghosts are some of the worst that were in Stefan's parents collection. It was seriously creepy!!

Walter's Rifle

I loved book 1 of this and was hoping that this would be just as good, well it was, and it even surprised me by being better. I had a hard time putting this aside because I needed to see what would happen. The idea of a haunted book was super scary because it's such an innocuous item, and the fact that a young boy had it made it worse!! The plot surrounding the rifle was also scary. The man who had it was a psychopath, but when you add in the homicidal ghost, it made for hard reading.

There is a part of the book where I was thrilled to read because we have a character crossover!!! Not going to say who, but I'm so happy to see him in this. I really hope he gets a few more cameos in the rest of the series. Jeremy and Victor are as awesome as always and we get to see a new character who has potential! Really looking forward to finding out more about him.

Blood in the Mirror

Here we are at book 3 and this author still manages to surprise me! He can still throw a few twists and turns into the story to keep it fresh and original. The plot of this one was extremely fast paced and intense. Things are hotting up and despite Victor and Jeremy seemingly closing in, things are getting harder and harder for the duo. Secrets are revealed in this one that surprised even me!!

The characters in this never get a break!! Not even the bad guys. Victor and Jeremy have had such a hard time and it is only going to get harder. My heart even went out to Stefan, (but only for a second ;)), because he is really struggling. One thing I love about this author is that he treats all his characters the same, both the good and bad face a tremendous amount of things happening to them. Nothing ever comes easy!!

In all, this series just gets better and better and I can't recommend it enough.

Thom Bowers read this extremely well!! His tones and cadences really brought the story to life, and he gave me chills when he was the toys. I feel like he "gets" the characters because he brings each of them alive! He is always clear and has plenty of tones and voices for the array of different characters.

5 of 5 people found this review helpful

Great Series

I love all of Ron Ripley books and these were no exception. It not only has ghosts but true horror and gore. In 1st book there is a teddy bear Rolf, creepy porcelain doll and small teapot (they are haunted with evil ghosts). Love the characters of Victor, Jeremy and Stefan’s father but hate the insane, greedy Stefan. In 2nd book Victor and Jeremy continue their hunt for Stephan and the haunted items, even better than the 1st. I do like Stephan’s dad as well as new character of Tom, so good to see Shane (from Berkley Street series). In 3rd book Stephan continues to sell his haunted antiques causing havoc and more deaths and his father (Ivan, a ghost) wants him dead and has his sister Ariana try to help him. Victor and Jeremy continue to track down Stephan as Victor wants to torture him since he killed his wife. There is brief appearance of Shane and a mention of Father Frank (both from the Berkley Series) as well as Tom from 2nd book. Upset about Jeremy. Highly recommend the series as well as his other books if you enjoy a creepy, scary thriller and ghosts. I was given this audiobook by Scare Street and have voluntarily left this review. THANK YOU!!

3 of 3 people found this review helpful

Horror stories at its finest!

This is the first three in an epic series of horror stories at its finest.
It grabs you from page one and leaves you wanting for more.

⚠️They’re meaningful moments when these books/Audibles really gets you in the feels! Not just creepy and scared. But sad and salty also.

Thom of course continues to do Ripley’s tales justice. His montage of genres is pretty amazing in and of itself.

High five stars! ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Haunted Collection Book 1-3

Wowzers!I love this series and now have to see if there is a 4th book!What an imagination.Haunted objects are kind of an old fashioned thing to write about,but not how Ron Ripley writes them. Thom Bowers was excellent narrating..His voices were amazing! I was given this book by the narrator,author or publisher free for an honest review.

Amazing long short story collection

There are a lot of good stories here, i am incredibly impressed by the quality I saw as well. Which is crazy since it's 22 hours long. And continues its quality throughout.

entertaining

I thought this was a good book, it was interesting. the narrator did a good job.

Even better than when I read it

I love this series, I enjoyed it more listening to it than when I read the book. t has the bumps and twist that are more imaginative than when when I read it. I think I find that I can concentrate on the story better listening to it. It helps with the story and plot. I love the fact that it is so very scary. I find that the horror in these books start so much fast and are things tend to move at a better pace than some of the other books that are listed as horror.!!

This is what The Conjuring movies should be

As you see by the title of this review this is what The Conjuring movies should be like. What I mean is take the main characters from The Conjuring series, turn them into selfish pricks that they recent and ignore their son so much that after their death when he grows up he wants to destroy everything his parents have collected over the years and take as many people down as he can with him. All his curse items have a story and man oh man do they have a story to tell. All 3 books were fantastically written by Ron Ripley and narrated by Thom Bowers. Horror, action, mystery, suspense, slight humor, hunted dolls, teddy bears, rifles, books, mirrors and character emotions are all rolled up into one very special collection, even after the end of each book there is a bonus scene of a character or curse item that you get a lot more of the story. A credit alone for each book is worth it but to have 3 in 1 it's fantastic. Do yourself a favor and use 3 credits to get the whole collection. I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review. Be that as it is I will use my personal credits to complete this collection. It is by far one of the best horror story collections I have in my library and that is saying something. I cannot wait to listen to the rest.

More Graphic Violence than I like

So, these books are not as good as Ripley's other books I have read. Much more graphic violence - not that his other books don't have violence... but this was a bit more than I like. I did finish all three books... and I would like to finish the series - but I don't think it would work for me. I loved his Moving In Series...it was the best. Berkley series was a bit tougher...but still a great series. Anyway - there is great character development, there is a great plot, and you do become invested in what will happen.

Haunted Collection first three books

I loved these stories. It is great being able to listen to one story after another. I restate that this author really has a great imagination and it is so interesting to discover new haunted items in his stories. The first book introduces us to Victor and his sad tragic loss. The second book tells us Tom's story and how he finds. Jeremy and Victor. The third book talks more about Ariana and her relationship with her brother and her father. This stories kept me up late at night wanting to know what happened next. I look forward to listening to the rest of the series. This books were worth my time and I really enjoyed them.