This book is for fans of American Horror Story. It has a supernatural component without being over the top. The characters are relatable and eclectic enough to keep the book interesting.

Creepy....Chilly....Malicious....

Maria and Frankie are called to the Parker hotel to investigate two teenage that have been murdered and their feet removed. The story quickly takes the turn into the supernatural and gives you chills and goosebumps. From the nightmares that Maria starts having, the ghost that is seen in the hotel that means something bad is going to happen, to the horrific story of "Cherry" this book will have you on the edge of your seat. You either have to keep reading to see what is going to happen next or to get the scary images out of your head.

There were a few spots that seemed a bit disjointed to me and got a little slow, but it doesn't last long and the author is able to reel you back in. If you are looking for a spooky, chilling book that will make you want to turn the lights on; then this is a great book for you.

Thank you NetGalley and Storm Publishing for an ARC copy in return for an honest review.

This book was a perfect combination of a thriller, suspense and supernatural. I loved the two detectives (they gave me a Scully and Mulder vibe). And even though some things were sort of cliché, all in all was a good read.

The Girls on Floor 13 is a Ghost Thriller about a haunted room in a reputed hotel in New York where the girls were lured into the room and their feet were cut off making them die.

This is the third book of the Detective Maria Miller series although this is the first time I have been reading from the series. Maria and her partner Frankie are called to the scene at the Parker Hotel when the bodies of two teenage girls are found in a haunted room and their feet missing. Maria Miller start investigating the case while investigating the paranormal effects that the room may have caused the perpetrator causing them to cut off the victims' feet.

I do like the horror element in the thriller book. Kind of like Riley Sager and Ruth Ware. I also liked the creepy sense that I got from reading this book, when reading about the horror side of the story. Not only that, this book is not very long and so frankly, you could easily finish this book off quickly. However, despite the fact that I liked the plot and the creepy element as a background, I didn't really like the dialogue between the characters much. Also, since I haven't read the first two books, much of Maria's private life was revealed and so I was slightly a bit clueless about what is going on.

However overall, this is an enjoyable thriller and worth 3 stars.

Many thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC. The review is based on my honest opinion only.

This is the third book by Helen Phifer I have read. An interesting plot for this book that made an excellent story and was well written. I have to confess this is the first time I have read a story about a haunted hotel. A very quick read as with Helen's other books. Thanks to Storm Publishing and NetGalley for the chance to ARC this book.

Such a great book!!! Gave all the feels and then more, highly recommended!! I really enjoy crime/mystery/thriller and this books had it all
Thank you NetGalley

I thought that this was creative and didn’t mind the paranormal aspect of it. I just felt like sometimes the dialogue got a little repetitive, and there was some extra characters in the book that were a distraction that proved to be confusing rather than to aide in the mystery of trying to figure out what was going on. There was a lot on the side between her and her partner, her and her boyfriend, him and the doctor and we were just trying to find out what happened to the girls which was so appalling. For most of the book things were confusing, until they began to fall into place, in regards to what POV some of the chapters are being told in. Still a decent read.

Thank you to NetGalley, Storm Publishing + the author for the DRC in exchange for my honest review.

I have read and utterly loved other books by this author and when I saw this one, I did not bother to look at the blurb. I just wanted to dive into it and get to know this series I did not know yet.

When I started, I realised this is a paranormal thriller and let this genre not be my cup of tea... But I always finish the books I start and I always read with an open mind, because even if a book is not a genre you usually pick, it is very possible you end op loving them. It happened to me before, so why should it not happen again?

And it did happen again! I loved everything about this book. The author created great characters and the suspense was very thrilling. 

I did not read the previous two books and that's a pity, but I will try and catch up as soon as possible. 

For me this was the perfect combination of paranormal and police procedural. I cannot wait to read more. 5 stars

Thank you

Net Galley sent me a preview copy of the Girls on Floor 13 by Helen Phifer. This is the third book of the Maria Miller series. I had not read the prior two and I felt that I needed to read them first.

The Girls on Floor 13 is a haunted hotel story. It is not The Shining, of course, but it is well constructed. The atmosphere the author creates is filled with dread. Much of the suspense comes from the back story of the Hotel itself. Room 1303 is associated with the goings on that bring Maria Miller and Frankie Conroy from the Strange Case Review Team of the NYPD on the case. They are investigating the deaths of the teens who traveled unaccompanied to the Parker Hotel to record segments as a Ghost Hunter.

The star of the story is the Hotel itself and the spooky atmosphere. The last couple of chapters were a let down for me and that is the reason for this 3-star review.

I have read other Helen Phifer books and have enjoyed them and I look forward to reading more of her work in the future.

Thanks to #NetGalley and #StormPublishing for the book #TheGirlsOnFloor13 by #HelenPhifer. I love the Frankie/Maria series and this book is amazing! I love the paranormal aspect in these stories. This one is about a haunted hotel and an evil demon in it that killing and cutting off women’s feet. I highly recommend this book/series and hopefully there will be more to this series.

This is a solid novel which feels like a mixture of Prime Suspect and the Exorcist. For me it also had echoes of the Eagles Hotel California.

This is the third novel in the Detective Maria Miller series. I’ve not read the first two but this one seemed so intriguing I had to read it when the opportunity came up.

Having not read the first two I feel like it took me a little while to suss out the main characters and understand the relationships between them, even though there was information hinting this. I thought the characterisation was quite good.

In terms of the plot, I liked the supernatural element which was a little different from the detective books I normally read. The prose was decent too, no tortured metaphors or anything. The speech was also solid.

Overall, a nice little detective book. It didn’t grip me but it is a solid little read.

Thank you to the author, publishers & NetGalley for access to this arc in return for an honest review.

Thank you to NetGalley for giving me the arc of this book.
I went into reading this book without any knowledge of the first two. It was easy to follow and eluded to the previous stories without giving them away. It was written so well that I will be reading the first two.
The story follows detectives Maria and Frankie who work in the special division of the NYPD. They work to uncover the mystery of the 13th floor in the Parker hotel and the reasons for so much tragedy in room 1303. A group of unlikely friends join together to help solve the mysterious evil forces trapped within the walls.
I personally have not read a book like this before and am looking forward to reading the others.

Trigger warnings: suicide, death, mutilation.

It took me a while to get into The Girls on the 13th Floor but when I did I was hooked. This is book 3 in a series and although it didn't matter that I hadn't read the other two books, it frequently mentioned the other stories and I felt like I was missing something.
I enjoyed reading this and had to know the end but I still have questions and I don't feel like we got a complete ending. We never found out who was possessing Arnie and why he committed the initial crimes etc or why he waited so long to come back. I have more questions after reading than I did before finishing the book.
A good read but I need to know more.

In this 3rd installment, Detective Maria Miller investigates the mysterious deaths of two teenage girls found in a New York City hotel room. The girls were not supposed to be there, and clues suggest they were lured to the hotel using its haunted reputation. With no DNA evidence, Maria suspects a hotel employee is involved. As she delves deeper, she uncovers a connection to a past double murder and faces danger herself. The story revolves around Maria's race to solve the case before becoming the next victim of the room on the thirteenth floor.

This is a standalone book, which is great because I haven't read the 1st and 2nd book. While the plot was interesting and also unique (because of mixing paranormal and thriller stuff), the end felt abrupt to me and cliché. After all the brutal murders that happened there, it was resolved just like that? I was expecting more. Nevertheless, I still enjoyed this quick read and I liked the characters.

Thank you Netgalley and Storm Publishing for the eARC in exchange for an honest review. This will come out to your bookstore shelves on May 30, 2024.

The Girls on Floor 13 is a crime thriller with some supernatural on the side. I love this series, however this can be read as a standalone. It's a relatively quick read (because you won't want to put it down). The characters are fun, and the story flows well. I'm looking forward to the next installment!

This is such a good read indeed, even though it’s not came out as how I expected it to.
I was intrigued with the synopsis as I thought it would be a great mystery thriller or might have some psychological into it with the murder, yet kinda disappointed me as it’s not really went to that.

The plot growth is good, but as getting to more chapter, the story focuses on paranormal approaches than what I thought it would be as mentioned earlier. Hence kinda like a bummer to me. It’s not that I didn’t enjoy paranormal / horror genre, but it just that the story started off really good and I think can be much better than how it went. Maybe I shouldn’t expected much from the start, but yeah my bad I guess. I did get bored at some point, yet still managed to keep going as some part came up and pick my interest to know what’s next, so for me it does got some bumps along my reading ride but doesn’t really bothered me or stopping me from keep on reading.

Don’t get me wrong, overall was an okay read. The ending was good considering the whole story, even it feels like it finish with kind of a bit roughly - like I hope the scene could be elaborate / expanded more or something. It’s okay though, I’m just glad everyone is alright at the end. Thank you for the ARC in exchange for my honest review ❤️

Thank you netgallery for providing me the copy of this book.

This was a horror mystery story where two girl's are murdered and their feet is chopped off in room 1303 of the Parker hotel.
Detective Maria and her partner Frankie starts looking at the case to uncover that its not just a killer they are looking for....but a far greater evil. The hotel has a reputation of being haunted And as they dug more, they discovered much more gruesome things that happened in the hotel over the years.

I liked the story, it was interesting and kept me hooked. I love the paranormal and spooky stuff that happened in the book. I really enjoyed Maria and Frankie And the other characters.

Overall its a great fun read, you should definitely give it a try if you enjoy paranormal mysteries.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Storm Publishing for the ARC.

This was part of a series so I was slightly lost reading and understanding some of the scenes but was able to figure out the background easily.

Maria and Frankie are detectives and on-the-job partners. They’ve managed to become involved in paranormal cases and this book details their current paranormal activity.

The Parker Hotel is haunted by a Lady in Blue and room 1303 has a disturbing, dark history. Maria and Frankie answer a phone call that leads them to investigating the Parker and on a wild, dangerous ride.

Overall, the book was decent. There were a lot of loose ends (Betsy, Harrison) that were never mentioned again. Hopefully they’ll be in the next book. The ending felt rushed and that the problem was solved too easily. Maybe I watch too many horror movies but I feel like something more should have been required.

Overall, I’m unsure if I’d read another of this series but I wasn’t bored.

The Girls on Floor 13 is the third book in Phifer's Detective Maria Miller series. While all could potentially be read in any order - it is recommended that you start with The Haunting on West 10th Street. During this book, we not only have our paranormal investigation (with spooky links to previous hauntings), but we also get a little more of a glimpse into Maria's private life. One of my favourite parts of this series is the amazing banter between both Maria and Frankie and their perfect impression of Mulder and Scully! This one definitely felt inspired by other hotel murders, so if you're a fan of true crime and ghostly sightings and disappearances this one is a must to add to your list.
Thank you to NetGalley, for an advanced copy for review.

First of all I want to thank NetGalley, Storm Publishing and Helen Phifer for allowing me to read the ARC of "The Girls on Floor 13" in exchange for an honest review.

Think X Files. This is the vibe I got from it and I do absolutely love that.

I rarely endulge into paranormal thrillers, not because of lack of interest if I am being honest but simply because I just do not really ... find any that catch me? However, Phifer had me in a tight grip from the very first page to the last.

Two teenagers are found dead in a Hotel room with the number 1303 (already so much bad luck, innit?) and the investigation begins, revealing one dark piece of history regarding the hotel after another, and one string darker than the other begins to pull at Maria Miller and Frankie Conroy.

This story did not only had me guessing and wondering but it also gave me goosebumps and had me feel paranoid, wondering if there are any loose ghosts. The writing of Phifer had me, without a single lie here, jump whenever I heard some random noises at night for at least a week after I read it.