Deadfall Mall was an unusual read. It takes place in the town of Deadfall, Minnesota in an empty mall that is due to be demolished and is open for walkers. The story opens with Detective Lincoln and Detective Anders interviewing two teenagers, Ron Pately and Seneca Robbins who were ghost hunters and Delbert and Doris Ray, seniors who always walk the mall. The four had an unusual story to tell of nine people who killed themselves and the strange things that happened while there.

The first person to die was Barney Phifer, a security guard. Carter Mountford, a wealthy developer who was in a wheelchair and his nurse aide, Kelvin Waters were the second and third persons to die. Ford, a successful retail broker and his wife, Jeanette, sold residential real estate, Humphrey. Stephan, a retired structural engineer, and wife Stephanie a retired nurse, Hawkins. Brett, who is buying out his partner at a low cost, and his wife Kandi Tamila who is found barely alive. Johnny Knudsen, Brett's partner who died in the parking lot.

The story has so many twists and turns and unusual happenings that I will leave it to the reader to enjoy to the surprising and interesting ending and solution.

Once into the book it was hard to put down. I enjoyed it very much.

Thank you NetGalley and publisher (didn't find it) for this ARC.

Strangers in an abandoned mall, most trying to get in their daily exercise out of the cold weather and two ghost hunters. Soon they discover they are not the only ones in the mall and a deadly game of cat and mouse plays out.
I really enjoyed this book and read it in one day. I kept turning page after page desperate to find out what happens next. It’s creepy and thrilling and will keep you addicted. The ending was a good one and I liked how it all came together.

A quick, fun and suspenseful Halloween read. Over a dozen of the small town Minnesota locals are trapped in the rundown, to-be razed mall when weird stuff starts happening; someone, or something, seems to be messing with them. Starting with a slow burn to get introductions out of the way, you’re then propelled into the chaos of what’s wrong with the mall. The characters are great and a good mix of lovable, likable, and love to hate. This was very well written and organized considering how many main characters there are. I enjoyed experiencing the character development they went through in such a short timespan and I understand characters may not always be as fleshed out in shorter novels. Felt like a mix of Stephen King and George A Romero.

237 pages

3 stars

This was a fun read. I often read a lot of non-fiction, and books like this one gives me a chance to have a little fun and distraction from all the facts running around in my head.

The plot is simple: thirteen people trapped inside a defunct mall, about to be demolished. Kind of like the mall we have in town here. I kept thinking about it as I read along, lol. Most of the people are of questionable moral character. One by one, bad things happen to them. The variety of the “accidents” showed the clever inventiveness of the author, and I appreciated that. The individual's worst fears were realized. I think the biggest hoot I got from the book was when Kandi looked in the mirror.

The mall is haunted!

I look forward to seeing more from Mr. Nohe.

I want to thank NetGalley and BooksGoSocial for forwarding to me a copy of this good book for me to read, enjoy and review. The opinions expressed in this review are solely my own.

This was a good suspenseful book, although there were times when it reminded me of a certain George Romero movie classic that takes place in an abandoned mall and another Stephen King book that also happens to have a mall... The ending was awesome. I thought the plot was well organized and some of the characters were unlikeable, as they were supposed to be. A good suspense story, I don't know if I'd call it horror. I read it in one sitting.

My thanks to BooksGoSocial and Netgalley for this book.

WOAH!! Excuse me while my adrenaline is pumping as I am writing this review. This book was a wild ride, the perfect mix of Stephen King’s 1408 meets Zombieland meets Creepshow. If you’re a fan of any of those please read Deadfall Mall!!
This started out as a slow burn, really gets into detail with the character development. There are a ton of main characters, I had to write the names down and refer to it as a cheat sheet as I read a long. The author goes into extreme delicate details of describing the creepy atmosphere of the mall. He really wanted the reader to feel as if you are actually there and was successful at doing so! This one truly freaked me out and I loved every minute of it!
I really appreciated the chapter titles too! Each chapter had a title which is rare now a days and rather fun to read the title before diving into the chapter. Chapters were pretty short and straight to the point. I seriously cannot wait to share this book with others.
This would’ve been a 5 star review however, I am disappointed in the cover! I was telling my husband who is a horror artist, and he came up with some amazing ideas…possible fan art in the near future! If I was browsing a table of horror/thrillers at a bookshop and saw this book SADLY I would not buy it. It is very cheesy and does not give the book the justice it truly deserves! It’s true people do judge books by its cover.
THANK YOU NetGalley, BooksGoSocial and a special thanks to author Michael Nohe for this brilliant book!

Thirteen People find themselves locked in the Deadfall Mall on October 31, 2024, when strange things start to happen. When murders start to happen, they struggle to survive hoping that they will get to be the ones that the mall won’t take. But is it the mall that evil or the people stuck inside?

“Deadfall Mall” by Michael Nohe is a fun spooky haunted mall story. I really liked that it wasn’t over complicated; people in the mall, these people have a history of bad deeds, strange supernatural stuff happen, etc. it reminds me of clue but supernatural and spooky… and in a mall. I really liked the book, 4 out of 5 stars.

Disclaimer : I read this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

The premise of the story was simple and effective: a group of people gets trapped in an old, soon-to-be-closed mall facing the challenge of finding a way out. It was a promising start, but unfortunately, it went downhill from there. Up until the end, all the story progress simply happened and the character had no influence over the story.

Most of the characters are introduced in a brief info dump and were primarily developed through expository dialogue. While this approach can work for a short story, it falls short in a character-oriented novel. Some characters like Ron, Del, and Kelvin showed potential, but they remained underdeveloped.

In terms of the writing style, it often came across as basic and boring. Much of the narrative focused on describing characters moving from one place to another, and the dialogue felt unnatural. In heated situations like those, people just don't talk that way. 

There were some weird formatting issues as well. The excessive use of empty lines after each paragraph was quite distracting. It might have been a technical error resulting from an ebook format conversion, but it was present both in .epub and Send2Kindle versions. Furthermore, the numerous, abrupt chapter transitions seemed excessive and disjointed, 63 chapters is just too much for such a short book.

I really wanted to enjoy this book, but it just wasn't working for me.

3.5 stars

This was a super fun horror. I loved the setting of an abandoned mall. It reminds me of a creepy local mall in my town. The atmosphere was creepy, and I enjoyed most of the characters. The writing was done well and kept me fully engaged. I hope to see more by Nohe in the future.

This book has really creepy premise with a setting in an empty mall, a group of people who are there for their evening walks, and a couple of ghost hunters who believe the place is supernaturally deadly. Plus it takes place on Halloween.

When all of these people find themselves unable to leave, they quickly begin to realise that something is keeping them there for a reason and the bodies will start piling up.

Whatever is in there with them uses their greatest fears against them in order to pick them off one by one. Characters will see or hear things that only they can see or hear, leading them to their deaths.

This novel has a lot of great things going for it. The atmospheric setting and intentions of the things lurking there are all crafted really well and makes for a fun, tension filled narrative.

I thought the characters were a bit bland though. They would say or do things that didn't seem to be in character and sometimes they'd have arguments only to let them go with no seeming reason behind it. They didn't feel authentic to me and the conversations seemed stilted at times.

However there's a lot of scares to be had here and there's a lot more good than negatives. And even though there are many deaths, none of them are too bloody or extreme in their descriptions so this book would appeal to both adults and teenage readers. I would definitely recommend it.

This book is definitely full of suspense and tension, the mystery and creepiness kept me hooked throughout.