Olivia Blacke (she/her) had her first ghost encounter 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. She still wants to be a unicorn when she grows up.
Represented by James McGowan of BookEnds Literary Agency.
A member of the International Thriller Writers since 2020 and Sisters In Crime since 2022.
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A NEW LEASE ON DEATH
A NEW LEASE ON DEATH, a non-cozy supernatural mystery, follows a grumpy, recently deceased ghost and her new, annoyingly perky living roommate as they form an unlikely alliance and put aside their considerable differences to solve a series of seemingly unrelated murders in their Boston neighborhood.
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. Available in hardback, e-book, and audiobook October 29, 2024 from Minotaur.
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VINYL RESTING PLACE (Volume 1)
"It's a winning combination." - The New York Times
The first book in the Record Shop Mysteries, VINYL RESTING PLACE blends murder, music, and macchiatos in a delightful cozy mystery. After a dead body falls out of the closet during the grand opening of Sip & Spin Records, and their prank-loving uncle pulls a disappearing act, Juni & her sisters must catch the killer before the trail – and the coffee – goes cold.
VINYL RESTING PLACE is available now from St. Martin's Press!
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A FATAL GROOVE (Volume 2)
The Frappuccino hits the fan in A FATAL GROOVE, the second book in the Record Shop Mysteries. When the mayor drops dead at the Cedar River Bluebonnet Festival, the Jessup sisters find themselves in hot water. With death topping the charts and a good old-fashioned treasure hunt traipsing through the bluebonnets, Juni will have to pull out all the stops to find the killer.
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RHYTHM AND CLUES (Volume 3)
It's raining murder in the third book in the Record Shop Mysteries, RHYTHM AND CLUES. It’s been months since Juni Jessup and her sisters solved the last murder in Cedar River when disaster strikes again. After a sketchy financier dies outside Sip & Spin Records during a torrential Texas thunderstorm and the overflowing river spits out a macabre surprise, can they catch the killer without missing a beat?
Kirkus says that Rhythm and Clues is "A well-paced probe into a messy death highlights the rewards of joining ingenuity with persistence." Read the entire review here.
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KILLER CONTENT
In KILLER CONTENT, spunky Louisiana native Odessa Dean has three months in the Brooklyn to make new friends, explore all that NYC has to offer, and solve a murder. While Odessa is waiting tables at Untapped Books & Café, her co-worker plunges to her death in the background of a flash mob proposal video gone viral. Determined to prove that the waitress's death is no accident, Odessa embarks on an investigation that meanders through Brooklyn, getting to know its quirky residents as she searches for the killer.
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NO MEMES OF ESCAPE
In a modern twist on the locked room mystery, Odessa Dean and her friends are trapped in an escape room with a dead body…and a killer. With time running out before Odessa leaves Brooklyn for good, she navigates the demands of waiting tables at a popular bookstore-slash-café and the perils of internet dating, all while hunting a murderer. In NO MEMES OF ESCAPE, Odessa discovers the only thing harder than finding her way out of a killer escape room is finding an affordable apartment in NYC.
AVAILABLE FROM: Berkley / Penguin Random House
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COZY CASE FILES Volume 17
In the new edition of Cozy Case Files, Minotaur Books compiles the beginnings of ten charming cozy mysteries publishing in Winter 2023 for free for easy sampling.
Authors: Ellie Alexander, Jean-Luc Bannalec, Olivia Blacke, Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles, Anastasia Hastings, Diane Kelly, Olivia Matthews, Korina Moss, Gigi Pandian, Paige Shelton
Check out the FREE Cozy Case Files e-books featuring samples from new and upcoming cozy mysteries!!
Cozy Case Files #17 ☕️(available now!) features:
💀 Olivia Blacke – Vinyl Resting Place
💀 Ellie Alexander – Muffin But the Truth
💀 Jean-Luc Bannalec – The Body by the Sea
💀 Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles – All That is Hidden
💀 Anastasia Hastings – Of Manners and Murder
💀 Diane Kelly – Primer and Punishment
💀 Olivia Matthews – Against the Currant
💀 Korina Moss – Curds of Prey
💀 Gigi Pandian – The Raven Thief
💀 Paige Shelton – Fateful Words
"Cozy Case Files as Classic Cocktails" - in Criminal Element, January 24, 2023
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COZY CASE FILES Volume 18
More Cozy samples in a free e-Book!
Cozy Case Files #18 🍸 features samples from:
💀 Olivia Blacke – A Fatal Groove
💀 Meri Allen – Fatal Fudge Swirl
💀 Donna Andrews – Birder, She Wrote
💀 Vivien Chien – Misfortune Cookie
💀 Leonard Goldberg – The Wayward Prince
💀 Carolyn Haines – Tell-Tale Bones
💀 Olivia Matthews – Hard Dough Homicide
💀 Allison Montclair – The Lady from Burma
💀 Korina Moss – Curds of Prey
💀 Mindy Quigley – Ashes to Ashes, Crust to Crust
💀 Katharine Schellman – The Last Drop of Hemlock
COZY CASE FILES Volume 20
Looking for a new cozy series? In the latest edition of Cozy Case Files, Minotaur Books compiles the beginnings of nine charming cozy mysteries publishing in Winter 2024 for free for easy sampling.
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The Minotaur Sampler, Volume 12
The Minotaur Sampler, Volume 12
Looking for a new book that will make your heart race? The twelfth edition of The Minotaur Sampler compiles the beginnings of six can't-miss mystery novels—either standalone or first in series—publishing Fall 2024 for free for easy sampling.
FREE E-BOOK! Preorder now - Available 06/25/2024
The Minotaur Sampler (Volume 12)
Authors: Deborah J. Benoit, Olivia Blacke, Michelle Chouinard, Julia Dahl, P. J. Nelson, and Sharon Shor