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A New Lease on Death

Supernatural Mysteries, Book 1

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A New Lease on Death

By: Olivia Blacke
Narrated by: Stefanie Kay, Petrea Burchard
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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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I liked the story and the characters. Narrator was good. I hope there will be a next one.

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Simple and fun

A light listen and enjoyable; in the mood for something that wasn’t too heavy and this fit the bill. 4/5 stars on the story because I feel like it’s lacking a little depth. A lot of “telling” instead of “showing” which shows a bit of unimaginative writing. Still I enjoyed it and want to read the next one.

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Good mystery entertainment

The narration was very good. It was light and breezy mystery entertainment.
If you like easy summer time reading books, this one is good to listen to.

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Great listen

Story and narrators great! Looking forward to next book. Had me guessing who did it until the end.

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Nice mystery

I liked the Ruby-Cordelia friendship. Not a challenging listen, but nice and easy sort of like a Miss Marple story.

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I Need More

Honestly went into this one unsure but ended up loving it. The ghost mechanics and lore is building up beautifully and I love the true thought that goes into the why of ghosts and their abilities and limitations. The narrators really gave
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The premise. It’s a great concept and the potential for more books in the series is strong.

The writing is good, but the characters are weak and cliche. I hope the author digs in and gives us complex and interesting people to drive the next narrative instead of a “Murder She Wrote” plot.

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Fun and seemingly plausible entertainment

The characters are realistically in their actions. The story is disparaging of police. Not gripping however makes the listener wanting more.

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Man what a fun and fantastic book. The plot is interesting and the concept is interesting.
The way that the pair interact with each other and the world around them is absolutely unique and WE NEED BOOK 2 ASAP.
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While the main mystery was resolved rather hurriedly, it’s fun seeing in hindsight the trail of skittles that lead to the final resolution. And while this book was mostly self-contained, it obviously has a lot of meat for a sequel and I need it now.

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Loved this book!

Can't wait for the next one. This was a complete escape and just what I needed. We'll done, Olivia!

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