Tuesday, 3 November 2026

Book Review: No Ghosts Here by Karen J Mossman

 Book Review

 


Basic Details:

Book Title: No Ghosts Here

Subtitle: The Cassidy Newbold Clairvoyant Collection Book 5

Author: Karen J Mossman

Genre: Paranormal, Mystery

Part of a series? Yes

Order in series: 5

Best read after earlier books in series? Can be read as stand-alone

Available: https://books2read.com/KJM-NoGhostsHere

 

Overall score:

I scored this book 5/5

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

Short Summary of the book:

Meet Cassidy Newbold, a young woman who helps bereaved families gain closure through her visions. They have also helped in solving crimes.

In this book, Cassidy wants to help the mother of a woman who committed suicide. But is all as it seems?

What I liked about the book:

I loved the book in its entirety.

What I didn’t like about the book:

There was nothing I didn’t like about the book. Perhaps that I finished it too quickly.

My favourite bits in the book:

Where Cassidy is on her guard from the start.

My least favourite bits in the book:

I enjoyed the entire book.

Any further books in the series? Any more planned by this author?

This author has written many other books and short stories, several that I’ve read already and I can recommend them all. There are more in the Cassidy Newbold series, which are all great reads, too.

What books could this be compared to and why?

This is a paranormal story.

Recommendation:

In summary, I would recommend this book to the following readers:

 

Children

No

Young Adult

Yes

Adult

Yes

 

If you like paranormal and detective stories, this book may be the one for you. It is a very short read.

 

I look forward to reading more books by this author.

Book Description by Author:

When a young woman kills herself, it is the method that is most horrifying. Why did she choose to set fire to herself?

 

 

 

Clairvoyant Cassidy Newbold helps bereaved families find closure. It doesn’t surprise Cassie when Sandra, the mother of a headline suicide case, approaches her for answers. But what are the questions?

 

 

 

As Cassidy nears the site of the suicide, will she be able to connect with the victim? Or are no ghosts here to tell their tale?

 

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An exciting short story from the Cassidy Newbold, Clairvoyant Collection.

About the Author:

Karen J. Mossman is a multi genre author of novella with a twist of romance.

 

She is also a prolific reader and reviews every book she reads.

 

Discover her extensive library of novellas, novels,

 

and collaborative anthologies on the book page.

 

Most of her stories are set around the Manchester area where she spent most of her life.

 

Now living on the picturesque island of Anglesey, off the coast of north Wales, she shares her home with her husband and two dogs.

Book Review: A Body in the Green Room by Leo Weston

 Book Review

 


Basic Details:

Book Title: A Body In The Green Room

Subtitle: A Thomas and Minty Mystery

Author: Leo Weston

Genre: Crime, Thriller & Mystery

Part of a series? Possibly

Order in series: 1

Best read after earlier books in series? N/A

Available: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/257423687-a-body-in-the-green-room

 

Overall score:

I scored this book 4/5

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

Short Summary of the book:

Thomas and Minty go to Swanlow. He to sell books, she to perform. The village is too perfect, something that doesn’t sit right with Thomas. And when a body is found in the Green Room, the door locked from the inside, he and Minty help the police find the killer.

What I liked about the book:

I enjoyed the book in its entirety.

What I didn’t like about the book:

There was nothing I didn’t like about the book.

My favourite bits in the book:

The incident with the empty nail at the top of the stairs.

My least favourite bits in the book:

I enjoyed the entire book.

Any further books in the series? Any more planned by this author?

I know the author has a few other books and the title suggests this might develop into a series.

What books could this be compared to and why?

This is a detective story.

Recommendation:

In summary, I would recommend this book to the following readers:

 

Children

No

Young Adult

Yes

Adult

Yes

 

If you like detective stories, this book may be the book for you.

 

I look forward to reading more books by this author.

Book Description by Author:

Welcome to Swanlow: possibly the prettiest village in Cheshire, and this weekend, home to its beloved literary festival. There will be books, gossip and an alarming quantity of Victoria sponge.

 

There will also, unfortunately, be a murder.

 

Thomas McInally has only come to sell a few rare books. He's the sort of man who notices details, and patterns nobody else can see, and once he's noticed them, absolutely cannot let them go.

 

His best friend Minty has come to perform. A drag queen with a razor-sharp wit and even greater nerve, Minty can read a room, a lie, and a person's entire life story in the time it takes to order a pot of tea.

 

So when bestselling crime writer Henry Alder is found dead behind a locked door, and the local police — lovely, capable, completely baffled — can't make the pieces fit.

 

Well, it would be rude not to help.

 

But Swanlow has been keeping a secret for thirty years. And someone in this charming little village would much prefer it stayed that way.

About the Author: