She Didn't Stand a Chance: A Novel
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USA Today Bestseller!
"Clever, atmospheric, and sizzling with suspense, this book is an addictive binge." —Heather Chavez, author of Before She Finds Me and What We'll Burn Last
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.
Praise for She Didn't Stand a Chance: A Novel
"The brutal desert heat meets a coldblooded killer in this taut mystery from Stacie Grey. A Palm Springs setting, rich people behaving badly, and the laugh-out-loud family dysfunction made this a winner for me. I couldn’t put this book down." — Joshua Moehling, USA Today bestselling author of And There He Kept Her and Where the Dead Sleep
"For She Didn’t Stand a Chance’s engaging outsider Gertie, the inhospitable and deadly desert is nothing compared to the suspects trapped with her at her dead father’s estate. Clever, atmospheric, and sizzling with suspense, this book is an addictive binge." — Heather Chavez, author of Before She Finds Me and What We’ll Burn Last
"In She Didn’t Stand a Chance, Stacie Grey combines classic mystery elements (a sprawling family comprised of wealthy misfits; a shocking will; members of 'the help' who know more than they should) with a contemporary setting and effervescent tone. The result is a freshly contemporary mystery I inhaled as though it were a beloved Agatha Christie novel. Extra points for featuring an architectural monstrosity of a dwelling, too…. Begin this one at your own risk! You’re not going to want to stop." — Kemper Donovan, USA Today–bestselling author of Loose Lips and The Busy Body
