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Death at the Door: A Ruby and Cordelia Mystery

by Olivia Blacke

A new case at the boundary of life and death

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A new case at the boundary of life and death

Set in Boston, Olivia Blacke’s mystery brings Ruby Young and her ghostly roommate, Cordelia Graves, back into an uneasy partnership. Ruby is building a new life and working at a job Cordelia helped her find when she discovers a delivery worker’s body. The discovery puts that fresh start at risk and draws the pair toward another murder investigation. Cordelia wants to keep Ruby out of danger; Ruby is determined to take part. Their case unfolds alongside the practical complications of sharing an apartment across the divide between the living and the dead, with both roommates needing to work together to uncover the killer.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers who enjoy mysteries featuring women sleuths and murder investigations.
  • Readers interested in supernatural crime-solving partnerships and ghostly roommates.
  • Readers who want a mystery set in Boston with an amateur sleuth balancing a new life and a case.

Themes

Friendship across the living-dead divideNew beginningsCooperation and protectionMurder investigation

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Book overview

The odd couple of crime-solving returns in Olivia Blacke's Death at the Door, where a ghost and her living roommate find another mystery on their doorstep.

Ruby Young is slowly adjusting to her new life in Boston. A big part of that is her unexpected roommate--the ghost of the woman who lived there before. For Cordelia Graves, she may no longer be breathing, but it's still her apartment and Ruby is the somewhat unwanted houseguest. They're both happy they've managed to become friends, which is a miracle considering they struggle to communicate with each other. Cordelia even set Ruby up with her old job.

When Ruby discovers the body of a delivery guy at work, the new life she's been building hangs in the balance. The last time Cordelia dragged Ruby into a murder investigation, it was almost two ghosts living in the apartment, not one. Determined to protect Ruby, Cordelia tries to shield her from the investigation, but Ruby has other ideas. It will take both of them working together to navigate the fine line between the dead and the living to bring a killer to light.

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