A NEW LEASE ON DEATH
Just in time for Spooky Season, Olivia Blacke’s supernatural mystery features an unlikely crime solving team, the very young (not even “old enough to drink”) and aptly-named Ruby Young and the recently departed Cordelia Gray. The “roommates”, Cordelia is still hanging around her old apartment, which Ruby now rents, band together to solve the murder of their neighbor Jake, despite all manner of obstacles, the fact that Ruby cannot hear or see Cordelia being chief among them. Nonetheless, the two are creative and determined in their quest. Hijinx and real danger ensue.
This highly original mystery is an enormously entertaining and engaging read. Told from both Ruby’s and Cordelia’s points of view, Blacke creates two heroines you cannot help but root for. The twist at the end is both surprising and satisfying. And happily hints at a second in this series.
Thank you to St Martin’s Press and NetGalley for the opportunity to read an advance review copy.