A clairvoyant. A detective. And Murders to solve...
- Katharine E Wibell
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1) Let’s start with the basics. What is your author name (pen name if you use one)?
Karen J. Mossman
2) What genre(s) do you write?
Paranormal Thriller
3) Can you pitch your book series in one sentence?
Cassie uses her clairvoyant powers to help her detective brother solve crime…
but will she find the answers in time?
4) Can you tell me a little bit more about your books?
The Killer on the Heath
The Cassidy Newbold, Clairvoyant Collection Book 1
A woman is dead, and another is missing. The only person who can save her is Cassie.
With no clues and time running out, her brother, Detective Newbold, desperately needs her help. He is counting on Cassie’s clairvoyant and empathic abilities to locate Chantelle.
When Chantelle’s brother, Pedro, seeks out a psychic for help, he meets and falls for Cassie. Though he wants answers, neither Cassie nor Detective Newbold can give any, which complicates their relationship. To make matters worse, his overbearing mother adds further damage with her meddling.
Meanwhile, the killer has been caught, but he refuses to talk. Now, it’s up to Cassie to read the signs and rescue her lover’s sister.
Will she find the answers in time?
The Sound of Evil
The Cassidy Newbold, Clairvoyant Collection Book 2
When two best friends vanish without a trace, Cassie Newbold joins forces with her brother Detective Inspector Seb Newbold, to track them down. A risky move almost ends in disaster, leaving Cassie shaken and acutely aware of her near-fatal mistake. Luckily, it also leads to the arrest of Ronnie Gunner.With the suspected kidnapper in custody, his chilling laughter still echoes in Cassie's mind. As she takes Ronnie Gunner's hand, a vision reveals every depraved thing he had done. Will she ever be able to escape the haunting images now seared into her memory? Ultimately, will it bring her any closer to where the teenagers are being held?With a terrifying paranormal encounter to deal with first, can Cassie lead her brother to the right location and solve the case?
The Ghost on the Stairs
The Cassidy Newbold, Clairvoyant Collection Book 3
When a man-mountain of a guy walks into a café and asks for you by name, you sit up and take notice. Cassie instantly feels attracted to the charming Damien Mathers.He wants her help to banish a ghost from the home of his brother Daniel.
Even as Cassie explains, she is a clairvoyant, not an exorcist. Damien is very persuasive!Their relationship blossoms despite the scepticism of the brothers. When Daniel’s wife Rachel refuses to move in, her fear is palpable as she points at the shadowy figure lingering on the stairs.Cassie must intervene and find out why the apparition is reliving the day of her death. She soon finds another ghost lurking in the attic, one that and does not appreciate Cassie’s interference. As things turn bizarre, with spectral figures making their presence felt. Cassie fights for control as the two worlds collide in a horrifying and chaotic way.Will Damien believe a sight so shocking, so surreal, it threatens to shatter his perceptions? Or has Cassie gone a step too far in her expectation of him?Read this thrilling instalment and judge for yourself.
No Ghosts Here
A Cassidy Newbold, Clairvoyant Collection Short Story
When a young woman kills herself, it is the method that is most horrifying. Why did she choose to set fire to herselfClairvoyant 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?
The Séance
A Cassidy Newbold, Clairvoyant Collection Short Story
Cassidy Newbold is a clairvoyant and empath who refuses to work on All Hallow Eve, but why?In this short story, we discover the events that still haunt Cassie. As she recalls a séance that went wrong, we learn why she refuses to tamper with ghosts at Halloween. The truth behind why she refuses work on this day of paranormal activity.Was it Cassie’s fault?
Was it the thinning of the veil between worlds?
5) I know you wanted to share an excerpt or two. Let’s read them!
The Killer on the Heath
As we headed for the prison’s gates, I tried to envision what I’d seen, but I was scared to look too deeply. I knew what it meant if I did. Being empathetic, I’d take on whatever was being projected. It’d be like watching a horror film; wanting to see, yet not wanting to see, afraid to miss something important. I was doomed to be haunted.
“Cassie?” Seb’s gentle touch caused me to start as it yanked me from my thoughts. I blinked. “Sorry. I’m just trying to process it all.” Seb squeezed my hand.
Once again, I felt grateful to have such an understanding brother. I owed so much to him. After all, it was he who discovered what my gifts were. For a long time, I thought there was something wrong with me; that I was crazy – cursed even. I’d engaged in cutting and locking myself away. When Seb realized what I was doing, he got me the help I needed.
He stopped my self-imposed alienation, ended my suffering, and helped me to understand what I am.
Luckily, I’m not that fragile anymore. But he’s never stopped protecting me – from others or myself.
“Can you tell me anything else?” he asked after a moment. “Give me something to go on? We’ve got to link Plinth categorically to Chantelle.”
“He’s a horrible man, but I need to sort through it.” I pinched the bridge of my nose. “Chantelle’s saying nothing. All I see is her face, staring, and I’m consumed by her palpable fear.” Frustrated with both him and myself, I snapped, “It’s all just images and emotions, and honestly, the rest I’m afraid to look at.”
“I get that, but he thinks he’s got one over us because we can’t prove it yet. We’re going through everything, piece by piece - his house, his friends, including the one you told us about from the cafe. Basically, we’re taking his life apart.”
The Sound of Evil
A dark malevolent spirit followed me around, and so far, I’d not acknowledged it. Although lost souls are with us every day, they are usually harmless. As a clairvoyant, I see them all the time. Unless I’m using my gift, I pay them no heed. But this felt different.
Ignoring it was a mistake, which I would realise later. The early hours of the morning saw me return home as dawn stretched its fingers across the sky. A display of orange streaks bathed the area in an eerie glow.
I inserted the key into the lock of the flat I’ve lived in for the last nine years. The plain brown door sat between two shop fronts on the high street, and my entrance was the only one at the top.
As the door shut behind me, the hairs on my neck stood on end. I wasn’t alone. Blindly, I reached for the light switch and snapped it on.
The lone bulb dimly illuminated the staircase ahead, and, immediately, I saw the source of my reaction. A dim radiance lingered on the landing above. It had no worldly form, just a residue of smoky greys and shades of black. The middle appeared denser and resembled the clouds of an impending storm.
A frosty air wrapped around me as I stared up at it. For a fraction of a second, there was a standoff before it rushed in my direction. The breath caught in my throat as the entity passed through me.
In its haste to retreat, it almost knocked me off my feet. My core chilled from its icy blast, and I watched it disappear through the cracks in the front door and out into the high street.
My home had always been my safe place. This was the first time I’d found something here. It had come for me. The question was, why?
Hastily, I legged it up the stairs as annoyance trickled through me. What did it want? Why was it here?
I knew it wouldn’t enter my flat itself unless I invited it, because nothing ever had before. The invitation could be in the form of a build-up of uneasiness and alarm. The spirits liked us to be afraid; it gave them power.
Entities like that thrived on our terrors. It gave them substance. But they didn’t frighten me. My gift of clairvoyance meant I was unafraid of the dead. What did it want? I asked myself.
6) Those were great. Can you tell me a little bit about yourself as an author?
Karen J. Mossman is an avid reader, reviewer, book blogger, and award-winning, multi-genre writer. She became a professional author in 2014, and since then, she has more than 27 published titles to her credit. These include anthologies, short stories, novellas, novels, and series.
She lives on the small island of Anglesey with her husband and two dogs.
7) Do you have a website? If so, what is it?
8) Lastly, where else can we find and follow you?
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/karenjmossman1
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karen_j_mossman
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