10 Best Books Like The Dead Guy Next Door

From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Things We Never Got Over comes the first book in the hilarious and riveting Riley Thorn series: a zany and compelling contemporary romance with a head-scratching mystery to solve.***Riley has a murder to solve and she doesn''t need a hot, goody-two-shoes detective sticking his nose into her investigation - especially when he writes her in at the top of his suspect list.Divorced. Broke. Living with a pack of elderly roommates. And those hallucinations she''s diligently ignoring? Her tarot card-dealing mum is convinced they''re clairvoyant visions.Just when things seemingly can''t get worse, a so-hot-it-should-be-illegal private investigator shows up on her doorstep looking for one of her neighbours…who turns up murdered.Nick Santiago doesn''t play well with others. Unless the "others" are of the female persuasion. Wink. He''s a rebel, a black sheep, a man who prefers a buffet of options to being stuck with the same entrée every night, if you catch his drift.When the pretty, possibly psychic Riley lands at the top of the list of suspects, Nick volunteers to find out whodunit. Only because he likes solving mysteries - not because he wants to flex his heroic muscles for the damsel in distress.All they have to do is figure out who pulled the trigger, keep a by-the-book detective with a grudge at bay, and deal with a stranger claiming he was sent to help Riley hone her psychic gifts. All before the killer discovers she''s a loose end that requires snipping.A must-read for fans of quirky romance stories and whodunit books, The Dead Guy Next Door showcases Lucy Score’s singular talent for crafting an exciting mystery with memorable, madcap characters - while weaving in a compelling love story for good measure!TropesRomcomParanormalMurder MysteryContemporary RomanceWhodunitClairvoyant FMCUnlikely DuoThe Riley Thorn Series:The Dead Guy Next DoorThe Corpse in the ClosetThe Blast from the PastThe Body in the Backyard