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Five Stars, Terrible Service: A Novel of the Afterlife
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ISBN13: 9798174473546
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 15 2026
Pages: 278
Weight: 0.72
Height: 0.63 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 15 2026
Pages: 278
Weight: 0.72
Height: 0.63 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Everyone dies with unfinished business. Delia Marsh died with a one-star review.
Delia Marsh kept receipts. Literal ones - a labeled folder for every tax year since 2016. So when her business partner hands her a coffee that tastes like a Christmas candle and her heart stops mid-pitch, she does what she always does: she files it.
Delia Marsh kept receipts. Literal ones - a labeled folder for every tax year since 2016. So when her business partner hands her a coffee that tastes like a Christmas candle and her heart stops mid-pitch, she does what she always does: she files it.
The afterlife, it turns out, runs on an app.
Welcome to the Waiting Room - beige carpet, smooth-jazz hold music, and a bureaucracy that resolves every death with a five-star rating system. Your funeral gets reviewed. Your killer gets reviewed. And the entity at the top of it all is never named - around here, it's just Corporate, and Corporate does not read its reviews. Until now.
Delia's official cause of death: heart complications. Delia's actual cause of death: her business partner, a very good eulogy, and a coffee cup he signed with his own name.
With the reluctant help of a two-hundred-year-old customer success rep who's never once won an argument with the algorithm, Delia sets out to build the case, file the complaint, and leave the review that changes everything - before her killer is elected to city council on a 4.9-star reputation he doesn't deserve.
Perfect for readers who love:
Welcome to the Waiting Room - beige carpet, smooth-jazz hold music, and a bureaucracy that resolves every death with a five-star rating system. Your funeral gets reviewed. Your killer gets reviewed. And the entity at the top of it all is never named - around here, it's just Corporate, and Corporate does not read its reviews. Until now.
Delia's official cause of death: heart complications. Delia's actual cause of death: her business partner, a very good eulogy, and a coffee cup he signed with his own name.
With the reluctant help of a two-hundred-year-old customer success rep who's never once won an argument with the algorithm, Delia sets out to build the case, file the complaint, and leave the review that changes everything - before her killer is elected to city council on a 4.9-star reputation he doesn't deserve.
Perfect for readers who love:
- Workplace comedy with real emotional stakes
- Afterlife premises with heart underneath the jokes
- A satisfying, non-violent justice arc - no cape, no crusade, just receipts
- Found-family warmth wrapped in corporate-satire bite
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