The desert heat can be deadly. But nothing kills like a cold heart.
Gertie hasn’t seen her siblings since she was a toddler. Now, she’s back at the family home she barely remembers, summoned there to witness the reading of her father’s will. Shockingly, Gertie stands to inherit a substantial portion of the family business and her father’s prized Palm Springs home. And no one is more surprised―and angry―about Gertie’s inclusion in the will than her sisters and brothers.
Trapped in a remote house that doesn’t feel like home with siblings that don’t feel like family, Gertie is isolated in more ways than one. And when she discovers that her father may have been murdered, and a member of the household staff dies not long before she has a near-deadly accident of her own, she realizes she’ll be lucky to get out of this unexpected family reunion alive.
A suspenseful read that feels just as suffocating as the dry California air in which it is set, She Didn’t Stand a Chance takes readers on a wild journey of jealousy, lies, and family secrets with deadly consequences.
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Twenty years ago, she survived. This time she may not be so lucky.
On the night that changed everything, Amy Brewer walked out of a house party, trudging angrily away from the friends who made her feel like she didn’t belong. Within the next hour, all five of those friends would be dead. The Memorial Day Massacre, as it came to be called, rocked their small California community and Amy—the girl who had walked away just in time—couldn’t escape the media circus…or the guilt. Twenty years later, ten people with connections to the crime have been invited to a remote cliffside house by a journalist looking to do a story on the murders. But the group quickly learns the event is not what it seems. As a storm closes in and guests begin to die, Amy realizes there is someone in the house who knows more than they admit about what happened that night long ago… and they will stop at nothing to protect their secrets.
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Praise for She Left:
“Deliciously twisty―Agatha Christie would be spellbound.”
―M.M. Chouinard, USA Today Bestselling author of The Dancing Girls
“In this engrossing mystery, a vividly drawn cast of characters, claustrophobic setting, and propulsive pacing will keep you flipping the pages until the final twist that will leave you reeling. Grey skillfully and lovingly plays within the rules of the genre while also bringing a fresh voice and perspective to the And Then There Were None premise that will delight not just Agatha Christie fans but fans of tense, clever and goosebump-inducing stories, as well. Clear your calendar for the day, because this is a one-sitting read!”
―Brianna Labuskes, best-selling author of A Familiar Sight
“Knives Out meets Lucy Foley’s The Hunting Party in this tense, locked-room mystery. Be wary of invitations where everyone could be a suspect.”
―Georgina Cross, author of One Night, Nanny Needed, and The Stepdaughter
“Readers who were raised on a steady diet of Agatha Christie will find much to love in She Left―the intriguing cast of suspects, the red herrings scattered through the story, and the sleuth who has to put it all together to get herself to safety. Grey’s story is a satisfying riff on the classic mystery story structure that will keep readers guessing until the end.”
―Eva Jurczyk, author of The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
“In She Left, Stacie Grey combines a clever setup with all the excitement of a classic whodunit, complete with a compelling cast of characters (and suspects). The tension grabbed me from the first page and ratcheted up relentlessly with each scene.”
―Elle Grawl, author of One of Those Faces and What Still Burns
“She Left by Stacie Grey, with its sharp writing, a cunning locked-room setting, and eerie atmosphere, reads like a modern-day Agatha Christie, and has all the hallmarks of a can’t-put-it-down thriller.”
―Ashley Tate, author of Twenty-Seven Minutes
“Immersive and hypnotizing, She Left is the effortless summer read that will enthrall you from the first chapter. Suspense and mystery lovers will find each character to be convincingly suspicious, and the decades-past crime to be full of compelling unanswered questions. Start this in the morning because Grey’s taut writing will drive you to finish this book in one sitting.”
―Elle Marr, Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Alone Time and The Family Bones