A New Lease on Death: A Mystery

I finished A Lease in Death by Olivia Black and I enjoyed the heck out of it!


It's a paranormal cozy mystery!! I've never read one before but wow-oh-wow it was AMAZEBALLS!! A spooky whodunnit.... How clever!!

Imagine if you will, you find out you are living with a ghost, what would you do? Call a priest? Make it your new BFF?

Cordelia supposedly killed herself in the bathroom and is hanging around Ruby's apartment. When Ruby's neighbor also dies.... They realize something fishy is going on and that's where the real fun begins!

The characters are brilliant! That right there is enough to keep me going with a book. The story was easy to read and held my attention the whole time. It did get a little sluggish in the middle but that didn't last long! The pace was great and the writing was clever, like really clever.

The book is quirky and really amusing! I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would as I prefer my cozy mysteries in audio format but I ate this up with a spoon and I got the memo that this is book 1 of a series?? I think it would translate well to TV too. This book checks all the boxes so squeeze it into your spooky season reading as it is out on the 29nd October 2024!!

Thank you to @minotaurbooks and @netgalley for my paperback and my kindle versions.

4.5 stars

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