Psychological Paranormal Mystery Thriller Author
Set in the Adirondacks
Welcome to the haunting world of Shari T. Mitchell, psychological paranormal mystery thriller author, deep within the Adirondack Mountains. Explore Creekwood, New York—a place where secrets refuse to stay buried, intuition can be deadly, and danger often hides behind familiar faces.
The Marnie Reilly Mysteries
Divine Guidance
Psychic psychologist Marnie Reilly battles inner demons every day. But when the devil is flesh and blood, will the final analysis be murder?
Marnie Reilly knows trauma: a dead family, an abusive ex-boyfriend, and a gift that won’t let her forget because the ghosts of her past haunt her day and night.
TORN VEIL
Marnie Reilly is back in Torn Veil, the sequel to Divine Guidance.
Marnie Reilly’s sixth sense is working overtime this holiday season. A haunting sense of evil sweeping through the little town of Creekwood is disturbing her dreams and her waking hours. The ghosts of her past are trying to help, but the messages from beyond the veil are muddled and vague.
FATAL VOW
When a long-held truth hides a sick, twisted lie, will the psychic psychologist’s greatest enemy save her from a fate worse than death?
The last year has been an absolute shitstorm for psychic psychologist Marnie Reilly. Desperate to protect her loved ones from the evil stalking her, she fled her hometown of Creekwood, New York.
VACANT GRAVE
Fact and fiction collide when a gruesome urban myth creeps out of the forest, bringing terror to the little town of Creekwood. Will psychic psychologist Marnie Reilly bury her past demons? Or will they send her to an early grave?
Haunted by dreams of an icepick wielding stranger hunting her in the woods behind her house, Marnie Reilly waves it off as a trauma induced nightmare. After all, who wouldn’t experience night terrors after twelve months of murder and mayhem?
Meet Shari T. Mitchell
Paranormal Mystery Thriller Author. Some Places Never Let Go of Their Secrets.
For author Shari T. Mitchell, the rugged beauty of New York’s Adirondack Mountains has always been more than a backdrop—it’s a living, breathing character filled with mystery, folklore, and stories waiting to be uncovered. Those mist-covered lakes, isolated cabins, and winding forest roads became the inspiration behind her psychological paranormal mystery thrillers, where the line between the ordinary and the supernatural is often dangerously thin.
Shari writes stories for readers who love atmospheric suspense, small-town mysteries, and characters who must confront both the darkness around them and the shadows within themselves. Her novels blend psychological suspense with paranormal intrigue, creating mysteries that explore intuition, grief, secrets, and the unseen forces that shape our lives.
But don’t get too comfortable in the Adirondack mist—because Shari’s stories are engineered to make your heart race and your skin crawl. She masterfully cranks up the psychological tension, trapping readers in a vice-grip of slow-burn suspense before shattering the silence with heart-stopping jump scares. Every creaking floorboard, sudden shadow, and unexpected twist is designed to scare the bejesus out of you, forcing you to double-check the locks and leave the lights on. If you thrill at the sensation of adrenaline spiking in the dead of night, her books will keep you permanently on edge, waiting for the next terror to leap from the pages.
At the heart of her work is the belief that every place has a memory and every person has a story that refuses to stay buried.
Her acclaimed Marnie Reilly Mysteries introduce readers to psychic psychologist Marnie Reilly, a woman whose gift for sensing what others cannot often leads her into the center of dangerous investigations. Set in the fictional Adirondack town of Creekwood, the series combines suspenseful mysteries, supernatural elements, and richly layered characters in stories that keep readers turning pages late into the night.
When creating her novels, Shari draws inspiration from the Adirondacks’ rich history, local legends, and the haunting beauty of Northern New York. The region’s forgotten cemeteries, hidden trails, abandoned buildings, and deep forests provide endless inspiration for stories where ancient secrets collide with modern crimes.
Beyond the mysteries and paranormal elements, Shari’s books are deeply human stories. They explore loss, resilience, family, and the choices people make when faced with the unknown. Her characters are flawed, relatable, and often discover that the greatest mysteries lie within themselves.
Readers who enjoy psychological thrillers, supernatural suspense, and atmospheric mystery series will find themselves right at home in the world of Creekwood and the Marnie Reilly Mysteries.
Whether you’re discovering her books for the first time or returning to the Adirondacks for another unforgettable mystery, Shari invites you to step into a world where intuition can be a gift—or a curse—and where every shadow hides another secret waiting to be revealed.
The truth is out there. You just have to be willing to follow it into the dark.
Welcome to Creekwood, New York
A Fictional Adirondack Town Filled with Mystery, Secrets, and Supernatural Suspense
Nestled deep within the Adirondack Mountains, Creekwood is the kind of town that feels frozen in time. Surrounded by towering pines, hidden lakes, and winding back roads, it’s a place where everyone knows your name—and everyone knows your secrets.
At first glance, Creekwood appears to be the perfect small town. Historic storefronts line Main Street, cabins dot the lakeshores, and generations of families have built their lives among the mountains. But beneath its quiet beauty lies something darker. Old legends linger in the woods, unsolved mysteries are whispered about over coffee at the local diner, and the past has a way of refusing to stay buried.
In Creekwood, intuition is trusted, coincidences are questioned, and strange happenings are often met with knowing glances rather than disbelief. The mountains seem to hold memories of their own, guarding secrets that have shaped the town for generations.
It is here that psychic psychologist Marnie Reilly finds herself drawn into mysteries that blur the line between the natural and the supernatural. Every winding trail, abandoned farmhouse, and mist-covered lake may hold another clue—or another danger waiting in the shadows.
Inspired by the rugged beauty and folklore of the Adirondacks, Creekwood is more than a setting. It’s a character all its own—a place where darkness lingers beneath the surface, legends come alive, and every secret leaves a mark.
Welcome to Creekwood.
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Meet Psychic Psychologist Marnie Reilly
Who is Marnie Reilly?
Psychologist Marnie Reilly has spent her life helping others confront their deepest fears, hidden traumas, and painful secrets. Respected for her compassion and keen intuition, she possesses an extraordinary ability to see beyond what others are willing—or able—to admit.
Living in the quiet Adirondack town of Creekwood, Marnie balances her work as a psychologist with a life that is anything but ordinary. Her sharp mind and deep understanding of human behavior often place her at the center of mysteries that defy explanation. As unexplained events unfold around her, Marnie discovers that sometimes the greatest dangers come not from the supernatural, but from the darkness that lives within people themselves.
Drawn into disappearances, long-buried crimes, and unsettling paranormal encounters, Marnie repeatedly finds herself standing at the crossroads between science and intuition, reason and the impossible.
Personality
Compassionate
Marnie genuinely cares about the people around her. Her empathy allows others to trust her with their fears and secrets, even when those truths are difficult to face.
Intelligent
Years of studying human behavior have made Marnie exceptionally perceptive. She notices details that others overlook and often senses when someone isn’t telling the whole story.
Courageous
Despite the danger that frequently surrounds her, Marnie refuses to walk away from people in need. She believes the truth matters, even when uncovering it comes at a personal cost.
Independent
Marnie doesn’t wait for someone else to solve the mystery. She’s determined, resourceful, and willing to follow a trail of clues wherever it leads—even into the darkest corners of Creekwood.
The Heart of the Marnie Reilly Mysteries
At her core, Marnie Reilly is a woman searching for truth in a world where appearances can be deceiving and where the line between the natural and supernatural is often blurred.
She understands better than most that every person carries secrets, every town hides its ghosts, and every mystery leaves its mark.
In the Adirondacks, where legends and reality intertwine, Marnie Reilly is the one person willing to follow the shadows wherever they may lead.
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frequently Asked Questions
What order should I read the Marnie Reilly Mysteries?
The Marnie Reilly Mysteries are best enjoyed in publication order, allowing readers to follow Marnie’s personal journey and the evolving relationships and mysteries that shape the series.
- Divine Guidance
- Torn Veil
- Fatal Vow
- Vacant Grave
While each novel presents its own compelling mystery, reading the books in order provides the richest experience and deeper insight into the characters and the town of Creekwood.
Are the books based on Adirondack legends?
The Marnie Reilly Mysteries are inspired by the atmosphere, history, and folklore of New York’s Adirondack Mountains. While the stories and characters are fictional, the sense of mystery, isolation, and the region’s rich tradition of local legends heavily influence the series.
Is Creekwood, New York a real town?
No. Creekwood is a fictional Adirondack town created for the Marnie Reilly Mysteries. However, its forests, lakes, small-town charm, and hidden secrets are inspired by many of the beautiful communities found throughout the Adirondack region.
Are the books paranormal or psychological thrillers?
Both. The Marnie Reilly Mysteries blend psychological suspense with paranormal intrigue. Readers can expect compelling mysteries, emotional depth, and supernatural elements that add another layer of mystery and suspense to each story.
Who is Marnie Reilly?
Marnie Reilly is a psychologist with an extraordinary intuition and a talent for uncovering secrets others overlook. Living in the fictional town of Creekwood, she often finds herself drawn into mysteries that challenge both her understanding of human nature and her beliefs about the unexplained.
Do I need to believe in the paranormal to enjoy these books?
Not at all. The Marnie Reilly Mysteries are first and foremost mystery thrillers driven by compelling characters and intriguing investigations. Readers who enjoy suspense, psychological mysteries, and atmospheric settings will find plenty to enjoy whether they believe in the paranormal or not.
- Divine Guidance
- Torn Veil
- Fatal Vow
- Vacant Grave
While each novel presents its own compelling mystery, reading the books in order provides the richest experience and deeper insight into the characters and the town of Creekwood.
Are these books suitable for fans of Ruth Ware and Michael Koryta?
If you enjoy atmospheric mysteries, richly developed characters, and stories where setting plays an important role, you’ll likely feel right at home in the world of Creekwood. Fans of small-town mysteries and supernatural suspense often find the Marnie Reilly Mysteries to be a perfect fit.
Do the books contain supernatural elements?
Yes. The series incorporates paranormal themes, intuition, and unexplained phenomena while remaining firmly rooted in mystery and suspense. The supernatural elements are woven into the story to deepen the mystery rather than overshadow it.
Where can I buy the books?
The Marnie Reilly Mysteries are available through major online booksellers and select local bookstores. Visit the Books section of this website for direct purchase links and information about each title.
What inspired Shari T. Mitchell to write the Marnie Reilly Mysteries?
The series was inspired by a love of psychological suspense, the haunting beauty of the Adirondacks, and a fascination with the mysteries that exist just beyond our understanding. The mountains, local folklore, and the idea that every town has secrets all helped shape the world of Creekwood and its unforgettable characters.
Will there be more Marnie Reilly Mysteries?
The world of Creekwood is filled with stories still waiting to be told. Follow Shari T. Mitchell’s newsletter and blog for updates on future books, upcoming releases, and new adventures featuring Marnie Reilly.
Does Marnie solve the cases, or do the detectives do the work?
The detectives solve the cases. Marnie’s spiritual gifts often act as a compass to point them toward hidden information, but the detectives do the heavy lifting. They gather the physical evidence, follow the leads, and build the case—frequently doing so entirely through their own independent investigation without her help.
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What Are Psychological Paranormal Mystery Thrillers?
Some mysteries are solved with evidence. Others are solved with instinct.
Psychological paranormal mystery thrillers live in the fascinating space where human psychology, suspense, and the unexplained collide. They combine the tension of a gripping mystery, the emotional depth of a psychological thriller, and the intrigue of supernatural elements to create stories that keep readers questioning what is real—and what may lie just beyond our understanding.
At their core, these stories are about people.
They explore the fears, motivations, secrets, and hidden traumas that shape our lives. The mysteries are often deeply personal, forcing characters to confront not only dangerous situations but also their own beliefs, memories, and inner demons.
The Mystery
Every great mystery begins with a question.
A disappearance. An unexplained death. A secret hidden for decades. A strange event no one can explain.
Psychological paranormal mystery thrillers invite readers to follow clues, uncover secrets, and piece together puzzles alongside the characters. The answers are rarely simple, and the truth often proves far more complicated than anyone expected.
The Psychological Element
What sets this genre apart is its focus on the human mind.
These stories explore:
- Fear and anxiety
- Grief and loss
- Trauma and healing
- Intuition and perception
- Trust and deception
- The secrets people keep from others—and themselves
The greatest danger is often not the supernatural, but the darkness hidden within ordinary people. Motivations are complex, relationships are layered, and every character carries their own burdens and secrets.
The Paranormal Element
The paranormal adds another layer of mystery and suspense.
Perhaps it’s an unexplainable intuition. A vision. A sense that something isn’t right. A local legend that refuses to die. A place that seems to remember the past.
In psychological paranormal thrillers, supernatural elements are not simply there to frighten readers. They deepen the mystery and challenge characters to question everything they know about the world around them.
The unexplained becomes another clue.
Another secret waiting to be uncovered.
The Power of Setting
Atmosphere is essential to this genre.
Small towns, remote forests, forgotten cemeteries, mist-covered lakes, and isolated mountain communities all become characters in their own right. These settings create a sense of unease and mystery, reminding us that some places hold stories that refuse to be forgotten.
The Adirondack Mountains provide the perfect backdrop for psychological paranormal mysteries. Their rugged beauty, deep forests, and rich folklore inspire stories where legends linger and secrets can remain buried for generations.
Why Readers Love Psychological Paranormal Mystery Thrillers
Readers are drawn to this genre because it offers more than a traditional mystery.
It provides:
- Suspenseful investigations
- Richly developed characters
- Atmospheric settings
- Twists and surprises
- Supernatural intrigue
- Emotional depth
- Mysteries that linger long after the final page
These stories ask fascinating questions:
Can intuition reveal the truth?
Do some places remember what happened there?
Are there forces in the world that science cannot explain?
And perhaps most importantly:
How well do we really know ourselves?
Enter the World of Creekwood
The Marnie Reilly Mysteries embrace everything that makes psychological paranormal mystery thrillers so compelling. Set in the fictional Adirondack town of Creekwood, the series combines atmospheric suspense, complex characters, and supernatural intrigue with mysteries rooted in human emotion and long-buried secrets.
In Creekwood, every shadow hides a story.
Every secret leaves a mark.
And sometimes the answers we’re searching for lie just beyond what we can see.
Psychological Paranormal Mystery Thrillers from the Adirondacks
There is something undeniably mysterious about the Adirondacks.
Perhaps it’s the endless forests that seem to swallow the light at dusk. Maybe it’s the quiet lakes shrouded in morning mist, the abandoned camps hidden among the pines, or the stories passed from generation to generation about strange happenings in places few people ever visit. The Adirondack Mountains have long inspired legends, folklore, and tales of the unexplained.
It is the perfect setting for a mystery.
The perfect place for secrets.
And the perfect place for stories where the line between the natural and the supernatural becomes beautifully blurred.
As a writer of psychological paranormal mystery thrillers, Shari T. Mitchell draws inspiration from the haunting atmosphere and rugged beauty of Northern New York. Her novels explore not only the mysteries hidden within the mountains, but also the mysteries hidden within the human heart.
Because the most frightening things are not always ghosts or legends.
Sometimes, they’re the secrets we keep.
Mysteries Rooted in Place
The Adirondacks are unlike anywhere else in the world. Small towns are separated by miles of dense forest. Historic homes hold generations of memories. Forgotten cemeteries, abandoned roads, and isolated cabins seem to exist just outside of time.
These landscapes naturally lend themselves to mystery and suspense.
What happened here years ago?
Why won’t the past stay buried?
Who is telling the truth?
In the Marnie Reilly Mysteries, the setting becomes more than a backdrop—it becomes a character itself. The fictional town of Creekwood captures the spirit of the Adirondacks: beautiful, welcoming, and filled with secrets hidden beneath the surface.
Where Psychology Meets the Paranormal
Psychological paranormal thrillers ask readers to consider questions that don’t always have easy answers.
Can intuition reveal something that evidence cannot?
Can places carry memories?
Do some experiences defy explanation?
And perhaps most unsettling of all:
How well do we truly know the people around us?
At the center of these stories is psychologist Marnie Reilly, a woman whose understanding of human behavior is matched only by her extraordinary intuition. As she investigates disappearances, suspicious deaths, and long-buried secrets, she often finds herself confronting mysteries that challenge both logic and belief.
The paranormal elements in these stories never replace the mystery—they deepen it.
They invite readers to step into a world where the impossible might just be possible.
The Darkness Beneath Small-Town Life
Small towns often appear peaceful from the outside. Everyone knows one another. Neighbors wave from their porches. Local traditions bring people together.
But every community has its secrets.
The Marnie Reilly Mysteries explore the hidden tensions that exist beneath the surface of small-town life: family secrets, old grudges, forgotten tragedies, and the lingering consequences of choices made long ago.
In Creekwood, the past is never truly gone.
It waits patiently.
And eventually, it demands to be heard.
Stories for Readers Who Love Atmosphere and Suspense
If you enjoy:
Psychological thrillers with complex characters
Paranormal mysteries filled with intrigue
Small-town secrets and buried histories
Atmospheric settings that feel alive
Twisting investigations and emotional suspense
Stories that linger long after the final chapter
then you’ll feel right at home in the world of Creekwood.
These are stories where intuition matters.
Where legends may hold a grain of truth.
Where every mystery reveals something unexpected about the human spirit.
Welcome to the Adirondacks
The mountains are beautiful.
The forests are quiet.
The lakes are still.
But beneath that beauty lies something older—stories waiting to be uncovered, secrets waiting to be exposed, and mysteries waiting for someone brave enough to follow the clues.
Welcome to the world of the Marnie Reilly Mysteries.
Welcome to Creekwood.
And remember:
In the Adirondacks, every shadow has a story.