Could You Solve Your Own Murder?

This is a speculative crime novel, a genre mix that I wish there was more of as it allows for so many interesting questions and dives into things like ethics. Imagine our exact world with the tiny addition of there being a service that could bring people back to life. That’s how Lou, murdered by a serial killer, is now alive, though the program controls what and how memories from life come through. The good news is she’s back home with her husband and baby, and she’s in a serial killer survival group for any help she may need. The problem is: things in her new life just don’t seem to be adding up…

This is a super fun YA novel that takes a bit of a sideways approach since the lead, Mila, is teamed up with the girls who are solving their own murders. Mila’s also the reason the dead girls are “alive,” because she accidentally resurrected them while performing a spell. The even bigger issue? She’s an inexperienced Wiccan and only meant to bring back her best friend to prove she didn’t die by suicide, but she accidentally also brought back two “enemy” girls. In good news, they can all now figure out who murdered them. In bad news: they have to work together, and only have seven days left on the spell.

What if you knew you were dying and had to solve your murder? Jet was attacked on Halloween night and left with a death sentence from an impending aneurysm. What has she decided to do with the week she’s told she has left? Figure out who attacked her in order to solve her murder.