A New Lease on Death

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Death is only the beginning in Olivia Blacke's A New Lease on Death, a darkly funny supernatural mystery that introduces an unlikely crime-solving duo. Ruby Young's new Boston apartment comes with all the usual perks. Windows facing the brick wall of the next-door building. Heat that barely works. A malfunctioning buzzer. Noisy neighbors. A dead body on the sidewalk outside. And of course, a ghost. Since Cordelia Graves died in her apartment a few months ago, she's kept up her residency, despite being bored out of her (non-tangible) skull and frustrated by her new roommate. When her across-the-hall neighbor, Jake Macintyre, is shot and killed in an apparent mugging gone wrong outside their building, Cordelia is convinced there's more to it and is determined to bring his killer to justice. Unfortunately, Cordelia, being dead herself, can't solve the mystery alone. She has to enlist the help of the obnoxiously perky, living tenant of her apartment. Ruby is twenty, annoying, and has never met a houseplant she couldn't kill. But she also can do everything Cordelia can't, from interviewing suspects to researching Jake on the library computers that go up in a puff of smoke if Cordelia gets too close. As the roommates form an unlikely friendship and get closer to the truth about Jake's death, they also start to uncover other dangerous secrets.

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Advance Praise for A New Lease on Death

"This pair of amateur detectives just works, and readers will root for them and the friendship they're building." -Booklist

"Bursting with cleverness and fun, A New Lease on Death is a detective novel with a twist. . . I can't wait to tell everyone about this book!" -Eliza Jane Brazier

Witty, fun, and propulsive, A New Lease on Death was an absolute delight. Blacke's keen eye for detail really shines through!" -Amanda Jayatissa

"Absolutely addictive. . . I didn't want it to end." -Lyn Liao Butler

"Smart. Quirky. Suspenseful. Everything you could want in a whodunnit." -Darcie Wilde

"My new favorite sleuthing odd couple. . . This delightfully dark mystery is well-crafted with humor and heart." -Celeste Connally

Olivia Blacke's Mysteries Are:

"Colorful [and] winning." -The New York Times Book Review

"Charming." - Elle Cosimano

"Fantastic." - Mia P. Manansala

Author Bio

OLIVIA BLACKE (she/her) had her first encounter with a ghost when she was only five years old, but her first involvement with an active crime scene wasn't until much later, when she accidentally stepped into a chalk outline on a Manhattan sidewalk. Armed with a Criminology and Criminal Justice degree, she finally found a way to channel her love of the supernatural and passion for writing into darkly humorous supernatural mysteries. She is also the author of the Record Shop Mysteries and the Brooklyn Murder Mysteries.