The Mystery of Collinwood

Name: The Mystery of Collinwood
Brand: Oasis Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3 (1 reviews)
Author: Marilyn Ross
ISBN: 9781621889731

Author: Marilyn Ross

Series: Dark Shadows #4

Narrator: Kathryn Leigh Scott

Unabridged: 6 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Paperback Classics

Published: 07/22/2019

Categories: Fiction, Romance, Paranormal, Nonfiction, Performing Arts, Radio, Television, Horror

Synopsis

The Mystery of Collinwood (January 1968)
Victoria stood on the ledge known as Suicide Cliffs and stared down at the raging surf and jagged rocks below. Next to her stood Professor Mark Veno, a mysterious visitor to Collinwood. He spoke to her in a low, sinister voice. “Think of all those who threw themselves from these very rocks.”His eyes seemed to burn into hers.
“He’s hypnotizing me,” she thought. She was unable to make herself look away. “No,” she cried. “He’s forcing me to jump!”
The Professor came a step closer, his eyes still glowing. Victoria found herself unable to move—unable to speak. She was helpless as she felt her willpower dissolve under his evil spell…

About The Author

Marilyn Ross is the pseudonym for William Edward Daniel “W.E.D.” Ross (November 16, 1912 - November 1, 1995) was a Canadian actor, playwright and bestselling writer of more than 300 novels in a variety of genres. He was known for the speed of his writing and was by some estimates the most prolific Canadian author ever, though he did not take up fiction until middle age. He wrote popular romances and gothic fiction as W. E. D. Ross and Dan Ross and under a variety of mostly female pseudonyms. As Marilyn Ross, he wrote popular gothic fiction including a series of novels about the tormented vampire, Barnabas Collins, based on the American TV series Dark Shadows (1966–71). His second wife, Marilyn, served as first reader of his works, and "Marilyn Ross" was one of his favorite pseudonyms.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Justin on June 10, 2020

Our dear Victoria Winters is subject to yet another barrage of murder attempts. It’s a Scooby Doo formula caper like the others, but also the most satisfying since the dynamite first book. Some of the best characters make brief reappearances. Carolyn, the groovy teenager, arrives from school to help......more

Goodreads review by Holly on January 22, 2012

I consider this the weakest of the early titles but it's still a good read. Collins House here finally becomes COLLINWOOD, the name used in the TV series. Victoria has a frightening encounter with the Phantom Mariner, purportedly an omen of impending death. Although one of the characters later is fo......more

Goodreads review by Julie on August 21, 2015

The Mystery of Collinwood by Marilyn Ross I used to watch the show Collingwood after school, every day religiously about vampires and werewolves. The main opening screen was actually filmed in Newport, RI, closeby to where we live. This story is about the seafaring business the Collins run out of north......more

Goodreads review by Margaret on November 21, 2011

The Dark Shadows books were my first murder mysteries and made me fall head over heels in love with the genre. I "cut my teeth on them" when I was eight years old. Suffice to say that there is a lot of sentimental value attached to these books. If I am not much mistaken this one is my favorite of th......more

Goodreads review by Laura Anne on October 08, 2020

I quite enjoy the unexpected twists and turns of these tales but they aren’t that special.......more