Book Review for Murder Most Haunted by Emma Mason

 

Murder Most Haunted by Emma Mason

Published:  October 7, 2025 by William Morrow Paperbacks

Genre:  Cozy Mystery, Mystery Thriller

ABOUT THE STORY

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.

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.

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 of the guests, who have somehow, impossibly, endeared themselves to Midge?

My Thoughts: Murder Most Haunted is a debut book by Emma Mason and it is wonderful.  I liked the characters well enough; they were all quirky and odd.  Sometimes those oddities made them tougher to relate to but they were interesting and fun to get to know.  The setting was unique.  The old house with its own secrets was not as unique but the surrounding area with the activities going on were different. 

The story kept me entertained and guessing who-dun-it.   I am not a good mystery solver.  I follow the path the author writes and do not read anything extra into it.   With this mystery, I thought I had figured it out a couple times, I thought I had caught a clue. The writing kept me guessing and enjoying trying to figure it all out. 

Thank you William Morrow for a copy of the book in exchange for my honest review.

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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.