Murder Most Haunted: A Novel

by Emma Mason, Roy McMillan (Read by), Jonathan Case (Read by), Barnaby Edwards (Read by), Anna Acton (Read by)

Overview

Notes From Your Bookseller

A locked-room mystery with a holiday twist. Ahead of her retirement, detective Midge McGowan finds herself on a haunted house tour with a group of misfits in this delightfully spooky story.

An unforgettable heroine is faced with an unbelievable crime in this snarky, charming locked-room mystery that asks: would you rather be snowed-in with a ghost, or a murderer? 

A grand country estate.

On her last day as a detective, Midge McGowan is given the retirement present from hell: a ticket to a haunted house tour. She’ll have to spend a weekend ghost-hunting in an isolated mansion with a group of misfits, including a know-it-all paranormal investigator and a has-been pop star.

A puzzle that can't be solved.

The guests soon realize that the house has a mind of its own… and that they might not be the only ones there. An eerie figure appears on the property, and then the unthinkable happens: someone is murdered in a room that’s been locked from the inside.

A ghostly weekend they might not survive.

When a blizzard cuts the group off from help, the house’s own dark secrets begin to surface, and Midge can’t shake the creeping sense that they are walking into a nightmare. Could a ghost really be responsible? Or is the culprit one the guests, who have somehow, impossibly, endeared themselves to Midge?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798228694330
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	10/07/2025
Edition description:	Unabridged
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.00(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Emma Mason is a former Detective Constable with Thames Valley Police. She now lives in Dorset with her husband, children and parents. She writes and works as a design consultant, creating virtual reality training for the defense sector. Murder Most Haunted is her debut novel.

Ayesha Antoine is an English actress best known for playing Poppy Silver in Grange Hill. She has several other television credits, including a husband-beating shoplifter in The Bill, and Dee Dee Blasco in an episode of Doctor Who.

Roy McMillan is a director, writer, actor, and an Earphones Award–winning narrator. Among his audiobook readings are Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, A Dog’s Heart by Mikhail Bulgakov, and The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx.

Jonathan Case is an artist and writer in Portland, Oregon. He spends many of his work days at Periscope Studio, and is the creator of the graphic novel Dear Creature and the artist of many words for Dark Horse Comics, including Green River Killer, The Guild, and House of Night, among others.

Barnaby Edwards is an actor perhaps best known for his role as a Dalek Operator in the new BBC Wales series. He has also worked as a director, writer, and actor for several Big Finish Productions audio dramas, and contributed to the reference book, Impossible Worlds, Impossible Things.

Anna Acton, an Earphones Award–winning narrator, is an English actress who is best known for her role as Rochelle Barratt, the wife of a borough commander in the ITV television series The Bill. Prior to appearing in The Bill, she played Geri Evans in the soap opera Family Affairs.

Jacqueline King is a British actress who trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. After her training she worked as an actor in Africa, Canada, the United States, Sri Lanka, and the United Arab Emirates. Since returning to the UK she has numerous television series, including nine episodes as Sylvia Noble on Doctor Who and five episodes of Coronation Street as Norma Fountain. She was also a regular on 55 Degrees North.

Angus King is a Scottish voice actor with roles in a number of television commercials, corporate videos, and video games. His extensive audiobook narration credits include Last Days of Christmas by Christopher Brookmyre, The Incident by Kenneth MacLeod, and Gallowglass by Gordon Ferris, among many others.

Editorial Reviews

“A delightfully engaging debut, starring one of the most amusing and unusual sleuths I’ve come across. Best enjoyed with a nice glass of sherry!" — Tess Gerritsen, bestselling author of Rizzoli & Isles, and the Martini Club series

"A delightful debut! The characters leap off the page, especially the perpetually misunderstood detective Midge, and the spooky mystery will keep you guessing.”
— Antony Johnston, author of Can You Solve the Murder?

“I have so enjoyed meeting the intrepid Midge and her style of detecting. Such fun! It is so rare for crime and humor to come together so successfully and I guess that the author has a really successful future ahead of her." — Alex Gray, author of Out of Darkness

“A well-plotted whodunnit with an intriguing and engaging detective.” — Faith Martin, author of Murder by Candlelight

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