The Ghost of Grimoire Castle

A Cozy Christmas Locked-Room Mystery with a Female Sleuth

By: Charlotte Frost

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Snowed-in at an Alpine castle, a long cozy Christmas locked-room mystery unfolds. A sharp female sleuth follows foodie clues and art through candlelit halls. Perfect for fans of cozy Christmas mysteries.

On Christmas Eve, journalist Marie is stranded at the grand Grimoire Hotel as a blizzard seals the mountain roads. The old castle hums with ghostly whispers and long-buried secrets. Thirteen eccentric guests. One killer. As the bodies mount, Marie must untangle riddles, rivalries, and a past the hotel would rather keep frozen.

What’s inside

- A festive, closed-circle locked-room puzzle
- A clever female sleuth with wit and charm
- Mozart the black cat - quiet, watchful, unforgettable
- Foodie touches, art and culture woven through the case
- Snowbound Alpine atmosphere with a haunted edge

Perfect for readers who love

- Agatha Christie-style whodunits with a modern sparkle
- Cosy crime, snowbound mysteries, and eccentric suspects
- Bookish banter, riddles, and mouth-watering details

Whether you’re curling up in December or craving a snow-dusted escape any time of year, The Ghost of Grimoire Castle serves a classic cozy mystery with holiday warmth and a shiver of the supernatural.

A Perfect Cozy Mystery Bundle

Reading The Ghost of Grimoire Castle is even more magical with Cozy Mystery Companion Journal. Use it to take notes, track suspects, or simply enjoy it as a beautiful notebook.

Great Story, Disturbing New Trend

This is really a fantastic story. I liked all the characters and I’d like to see more with Marie and her companions. The problem is the narration. During the first few chapters, I started thinking that I liked listening to the narrator‘s voice, but as the book went on I noticed some anomalies, like characters speaking with different accents, or the accent changing in the middle of a chunk of speech, sometimes weirdly Swedish or Danish or somehow Nordic, but not quite just.

I looked the title details and realized this was the second book in a row, and into my knowledge the only two ever, that were narrated with virtual voice instead of an actual voice talent. While this is a cool technology, it does take all the artistry away. And when it’s not implemented very well, as here with the changing accents, it’s really annoying and ruins and otherwise perfect experience when it’s a great story. The trend is also a bit unsettling as I’m seeing more and more books narrated this way, but the price is just keep going up, and I’m pretty sure it’s not the authors that are getting the additional fees. Even the daily deal, which was very often 299, is mostly 499 these days. Prices need to stay low, or lower, and quality needs to be equal to traditional narration if publishers are going to use this technology.

Repeats and mistakes

Convoluted and unclear. And it drags on and on and on. Not worth it at all

Great Christmas mystery with classics vibes!

Snowed-in perfection! I loved the closed-circle mystery feel; great atmosphere, eccentric guests, an alpine hotel - like long Agatha Christie with a poetic twist. I read it already as a book and now enjoy the audio book ❤️ By the end of the book I was like yess this needs a movie adaptation asap!!

AWFUL Virtual Voice Narration

The Virtual Voice narration was terrible - it made listening to the book nearly unbearable. In the future, I plan to avoid all books narrating by Virtual Voice - even if the books are free.