Ghosts and Grimoires

Willowmere: Book 5

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Genres

Supernatural Suspense, Amateur Sleuths, Supernatural Cozy Mystery, Witchcraft Cozy Mystery, Women Sleuths, Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Women's Fiction, and Novellas

Trigger Warnings

Death

Type of Ending

Series

Willowmere — Book 5

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Publication Date

May 29, 2026

Page Length

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Ghosts and Grimoires

Willowmere: Book 5

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Blurb

A message from beyond the grave. A stolen grimoire. A ghostly ally.

Bex Merriweather is bored. Endless rain, her coven unavailable, and no new spells to master—this midlife witch has never experienced such a dull stretch in Willowmere.

Until she receives a letter her late aunt left for her. The mission: Bex and her familiar, cat Cosmo Merlin de Beaufort must leave their peaceful home to acquire a disguised grimoire at an auction. It’s up to Bex and Cosmo to divine what they’re supposed to bid for.

Their task gets even harder when a cloaking spell hides the grimoire from then. And then a burglar strikes.

Unexpected help comes in the form of a pet-whispering ghost. Flapper Adriana Darling is also on a mission, to find a necklace linked to her death—and her afterlife.

Together the witch, her cat, and the ghost conjure up a plan to solve the case …

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Genres

Supernatural Suspense, Amateur Sleuths, Supernatural Cozy Mystery, Witchcraft Cozy Mystery, Women Sleuths, Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Women's Fiction, and Novellas

Trigger Warnings

Death

Type of Ending

Series

Willowmere — Book 5

Series Read Order

Reading prior books is recommended, but not required

Author Prefers A Review On

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Reader Spots Remaining

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Publication Date

May 29, 2026

Page Length

116 pages

Available Formats

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Author

Carmen has spent most of her life with ink on her fingers and a dangerously high pile of books and newspapers by her side.

She has worked as a newspaper reporter on two continents and always dreamt of becoming a novelist and screenwriter.

When she found herself crouched under her dining table, typing away on a novel between two earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand, she realised she was hooked for life.

The shaken but stirring novel made it to the longlist of the Mslexia competition, and her next book and first mystery, The Case Of The Missing Bride, was a finalist in the Malice Domestic competition in a year without a winner. Since then she has penned several more cozy mysteries, including the Jack and Frances series set in the 1930s.

Carmen now lives in Italy with her human and her four-legged family.