The Undead Mr. Tenpenny (A Wryly Humorous Fantasy with Mystery, Magic and Mishaps): The Cassie Black Trilogy Book One

Tammie Painter

Feb 2021 · The Cassie Black Trilogy Book 1 · Daisy Dog Media

About this ebook

Work at a funeral home can be mundane. Until you accidentally start bringing the dead back to life.

"...a clever, hilarious romp through a new magical universe" --Sarah Angleton, author of Gentleman of Misfortune

Cassie Black works at a funeral home. She's used to all manner of dead bodies. What she's not used to is them waking up. Which they seem to be doing on a disturbingly regular basis lately.

Just when Cassie believes she has the problem under control, the recently-deceased Busby Tenpenny insists he's been murdered and claims Cassie might be responsible thanks to a wicked brand of magic she's been exposed to. The only way for Cassie to get her life back to normal is to tame her magic and uncover Mr. Tenpenny's true killer.

Simple right? Of course not. Because while Cassie works on getting her newly-acquired magic sorted, she's blowing up kitchens, angering an entire magical community, and discovering her past is more closely tied to Busby Tenpenny than she could have ever imagined.

If you like contemporary fantasy with snarky humor, unforgettable characters, and paranormal mystery such as Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers of London series and Wilkie Martin's Inspector Hobbes, you'll find it hard to pry yourself away from this first book of the Cassie Black Trilogy.

*Selected as one of Apple's Most Anticipated Books of 2021

*Winner of the Novel Excerpt Prize from the League of American PEN Women

*Finalist in the Yeah You Write! Novel Contest

The Cassie Black Trilogy is a giggle-inducing fish-out-of-water tale that takes you from the streets of Portland to the Tower of London. It's got magic and mystery, pastries and zombies, sentient gnomes and an evil wizard...because there's always an evil wizard, isn't there?

Note: While this book delivers plenty of wry giggles and a few hexes, it's fairly clean with only an itty-bitty bit of light cursing, one fight scene, and no hanky panky or sexual situations.

Ratings and reviews

I recieved an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. If you like reading stories about magic, you need to get this book! You'll fall in love with the characters and the story is so fast paced you won't want to put it down. I can't wait to read the next book!

About the author

First up, be sure to pop by TammiePainter.com to get your exclusive (and FREE) copy of "Mrs. Morris Meets Death," a humorous tale of mortality, time management, cruise ships, and... um, romance novels.

Okay, now for the bio....

Many moons ago I was a scientist in a neuroscience lab where I got to play with brains and illegal drugs.

Now, I’m an award-winning indie author who turns wickedly strong tea into imaginative fiction (so, basically still playing with brains and drugs) that's often set in an altered version of my hometown -- Portland, Oregon -- or the Pacific Northwest.

My fascination for myths, history, and how they interweave inspired my two historical fantasy series, The Osteria Chronicles and my second series, Domna. (Both of which have free series starters...hint hint.)

But all those ancient myths and angst-ridden heroes got a bit too serious for someone with a strange sense of humor and odd way of looking at the world. 

So, while sitting at my grandmother’s funeral, my brain came up with an idea for a contemporary fantasy trilogy that’s filled with magic, mystery, snarky humor, and the dead who just won’t stay dead. That idea turned into The Cassie Black Trilogy, which has turned into a fan favorite.

I'm currently working on a new series where dragons do the sleuthing when people start getting bumped off at a very unusual circus.

When I’m not creating worlds or killing off characters, I can be found gardening, dreaming of my next travel adventure, working as an unpaid servant to four cats and two guinea pigs, or concocting something in the kitchen.

Before you wander off, be sure to grab my FREE series starters, The Trials of Hercules: Book One of the Osteria Chronicles; and Domna, Part One: The Sun God's Daughter.

My Books

THE CASSIE BLACK TRILOGY (a humorous paranormal mystery sort of thing)

The Undead Mr Tenpenny

The Uncanny Raven Winston

The Untangled Cassie black

THE OSTERIA CHRONICLES (historical fantasy with a mythological twist)

The Trials of Hercules (FREE on most retailers)

The Voyage of Heroes

The Maze of Minos

The Bonds of Osteria

The War of Ares

The Return of Odysseus

DOMNA: A SERIALIZED NOVEL OF OSTERIA (historical fantasy with a ruthless female lead)

Domna: The Complete Series (omnibus)

Part One: The Sun God's Daughter (FREE on most retailers)

Part Two: The Solon's Son

Part Three: The Centaur's Gamble

Part Four: The Regent's Edict

Part Five: The Forgotten Heir

Part Six: The Solon's Wife