NO MEMES OF ESCAPE

When an escape room turns deadly, it's up to amateur sleuth Odessa Dean to solve the crime.

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.

 

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Author:
Series: Brooklyn Murder Mysteries, Book 2
Genre: Cozy Mysteries
Publisher: Berkley
Publication Year: Oct 5, 2021
Format: Available in Trade Paperback, eBook, and Audio Book
Length: Novel
Narrator: Megan Tusing
Illustrator: Cover by Rose Blake
ASIN: 0593197909
ISBN: 9780593197905
About the Book

Odessa DeanNO MEMES OF ESCAPE by Olivia Blacke has made a home of Brooklyn. She has a job she loves at Untapped Books & Café and a new group of friends to explore the city with. When she’s invited on a girls’ day out escape room adventure, she jumps at the chance. It’s all fun and games until the lights turn on and they discover one of the girls bludgeoned to death…

The only possible murder suspects are the five players that were locked in the escape room with the victim, including Odessa. She refuses to believe that one of them is responsible for murdering their friend, despite what the clues indicate. In between shifts at the café, Odessa splits her time interviewing the murder suspects, updating the bookstore’s social media accounts, and looking for the impossible–an affordable apartment in Williamsburg.

But crime–and criminally high rent–waits for no woman. Can Odessa clear her and her friends’ names before the police decide they’re guilty?

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NO MEMES OF ESCAPE
About the Author
Olivia Blacke

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.

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/OliviaBlackeAuthor

Connect with Olivia on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or check out her website OliviaBlacke.com.

Endorsements
In a fresh version of a classic locked room murder, Blacke keeps us on our toes as Odessa fights to clear her name and determine who the REAL killer is.
Olivia Blacke continues her quirky, warmhearted Brooklyn Murder Mysteries series with No Memes of Escape...Readers will want to pull up a seat at Untapped Books and order the day's special from Chef Parker (while hoping grumpy manager Todd is distracted by his Tinder dates). Odessa's roots may be pure Louisiana bayou, but her adventures in Brooklyn make for entertaining reading.
– Katie Noah Gibson, blogger at Cakes, Tea and Dreams (Shelf Awareness)
Head back to Brooklyn's Untapped with Odessa Dean for another of Olivia Blacke's crafty concoctions. Smoky suspicion, bright notes of humor and a satisfying finish that will leave you craving another round...
– Eliza Jane Brazier, author of GOOD RICH PEOPLE and IF I DISAPPEAR
NO MEMES OF ESCAPE gives a fun, modern spin on the locked room mystery by dropping a dead body in an escape room. While the mystery is properly twisty, the heart of the series is the plucky Odessa Dean and the found family she's created in the hipster haven of Brooklyn. Can't wait for Odessa's next adventure!
– Mia P. Manansala, author of ARSENIC AND ADOBO
An engaging mystery full of delightful characters, wrapped in a love letter to Brooklyn. This one’s a keeper.
– Jennifer Hawkins, author of TO FETCH A FELON
With its laugh-out-loud humor, quirky characters, and clever plot twists, No Memes of Escape is like a tour of Brooklyn’s bohemia with Miss Marple’s savvy niece. You’ll enjoy every page, right up to its hilarious, heartwarming finale.
– Angela M. Sanders, author of the Witch Way Librarian mysteries
NO MEMES OF ESCAPE by Olivia Blacke is a mystery you won't want to escape from! Odessa Dean is back in NYC in this follow up novel to Blacke's debut, KILLER CONTENT, and this mystery is just as twisty, thrilling, and charming as the first. When Odessa's first experience with an escape room party goes wrong, leaving one of the participant's dead, Odessa feels compelled to investigate after the finger of blame seems to be pointed right at her bestie, Izzy. I want Izzy to be my best friend. I'd do anything to try and protect her too. The writing is fresh and fun. NO MEMES OF ESCAPE is a delightfully youthful addition to the cozy mystery genre. Preorder and read this one.
– Dorothy St. James, author of A PERFECT BIND and the Southern Chocolate Shop Mysteries
The determined heroine carries the reader past even the most improbable plot twists.
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