Known for her twisty YA thrillers, Holly Jackson is delving into the realm of adult thrillers with NOT QUITE DEAD YET. Twenty-seven-year-old Jet Mason still lives at home and procrastinates through life, never finishing anything she starts. There’s always time to straighten out her life—until there isn’t. Jet is attacked in her home on Halloween night, leaving her with a head injury and only a week to live. But Jet’s not taking this new development lightly; she is determined to find the person who put an expiration date on her life.

Jet is not sure who to trust or believe, but her best childhood friend, Billy, the one who found her after the attack, has always been Jet’s protector. Billy and Jet start looking into suspects, from family members to an ex-boyfriend to people in town who disliked her family. Who hated Jet so much that they bludgeoned her three times? As Jet learns more about her sister’s tragic death years earlier, her father’s health, and her family-owned construction business, she starts to put together the clues. Can Jet use her final days to solve her murder and realize some of the best things in life she already had?

NOT QUITE DEAD YET is a thrilling seven-day adventure with a murder victim who is still living. Jet is insufferable at times—sarcastic, rude, and offensive—but she’s learned to be that way due to her dysfunctional family and the trauma of her sister’s death. She’s got guts and the motivation to solve her own murder. The pacing is quick with highly readable dialogue that propels the plot forward as each new revelation sparks more questions. This is a well-developed story with several plot lines and multiple people behaving badly. Jet’s life is messy, and the people around her are even messier. And although this is a murder mystery. It is also a love story, as Jet and Billy’s relationship finally deepens after years of friendship. The final letters are a nice touch, and NOT QUITE DEAD YET will highly entertain readers with its mystery, snarky heroine, family dysfunction, and murder.