"A heart-wrenching, high-stakes thriller with a ticking-clock twist and a core of raw, aching humanity. All the stars."
In Not Quite Dead Yet, Holly Jackson delivers a gut-punch of a novel. It's a part murder mystery, part love story, and entirely unforgettable. It opens on Halloween in the picturesque town of Woodstock, Vermont, where 27-year-old Margaret “Jet” Mason is found bleeding and broken after a brutal attack. She’s alive. But only just. With a piece of bone lodged in her brain, she has seven days left to live. Seven days to solve her own attempted murder. Seven days to say goodbye.
Jet is a brilliant protagonist. She's brave, fierce, sharp-witted, quick-tongued and stubborn as a mule. Dogged in her determination. She's the kind of heroine you fall hard for and don’t forget in a hurry. As she races against time, we’re drawn into a web of secrets, lies, and long-buried memories. At her side is childhood best friend Billy Finney. Poor, sweet Billy: whose easy humour and steadfast heart bring warmth to even the darkest moments. Their reconnection is tender and believable, filled with small, perfect snapshots of a shared past and the clock-ticking present: racing bikes, writing songs, gazing at stars.
Jackson’s writing is razor-sharp and deeply emotional. As Jet’s body weakens, her heart opens and ours break alongside hers. I sobbed through the last couple of chapters, so get your tissues at the ready. It's a gut-puncher.
This is a story about grief, family, friendship, and making the most of the life you have left. It’s about the kind of life you want to live and the kind of person you want to be. And the kind of love that stays.
It's about living for now. Not later. Stunning, gutting, and full of soul.
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Get ready for the unmissable new thriller from the #1 internationally bestselling author of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
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In seven days Jet Mason will be dead.
Jet is the daughter of one of the wealthiest families in Woodstock, Vermont. Twenty-seven years old, she's still waiting for her life to begin. She'll do it later, she always says. She has time.
Until, on the night of Halloween, Jet is violently attacked by an unseen intruder.
She suffers a catastrophic brain injury. The doctor is certain that within a week, she'll suffer a deadly aneurysm.
Jet never thought of herself as having enemies. But now she looks at everyone in a new light: her family, her ex-best friend turned sister-in-law, her former boyfriend.
She only has seven days, and as her condition deteriorates she has only her childhood friend Billy for help. But nevertheless, she's absolutely determined to finally finish something:
Jet is going to solve her own murder.
Not Quite Dead Yet features in the following genres: Audiobooks of the Month, Star Books, Crime and Mystery, Thriller and Suspense, Psychological thriller, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Crime and mystery: women sleuths
Not Quite Dead Yet is available in Paperback, Hardback, Audiobook
Not Quite Dead Yet was written by Holly Jackson and published by Penguin Books an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
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