| Management number | 240493868 | Release Date | 2026/07/16 | List Price | US$8.40 | Model Number | 240493868 | ||
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<p><strong>For fans of Elle Cosimano, Maria Semple, and the brainy, socially barbed humor of <em>Lessons in Chemistry</em>, <em>The Girlfriend Guide to Negligent Homicide</em> is a wickedly funny literary mystery about law, loyalty, female complicity, and the stories communities choose to believe.</strong></p><p></p><p>When a beloved Wisconsin brewmaster drops dead hours after marrying a mysterious nineteen-year-old foodstagrammer, Jaycee Grayson sees the story forming before anyone bothers with the facts.</p><p></p><p>The bride is Mennonite and camera shy. Her meat sticks are internet-famous. Nobody can say who's sampled what, but folks have quite the appetite for more.</p><p></p><p>Jaycee is a former entertainment executive still recovering from the wreckage of #MeToo Hollywood-and a shaky reinvention attempt in Littleburgh, Wisconsin-who figures she can dodge yet another scandal. </p><p></p><p>She figures wrong.</p><p></p><p>A snap decision to protect the young widow soon casts Jaycee as prime accomplice, sketchy business partner, and amateur sleuth in a case where the corpse refuses to stay put and the headlines arrive before the facts become inconvenient. </p><p></p><p>As a surprise spring blizzard traps the state capital in the final stretch of a tense election weekend, public outrage, legal jeopardy, and the dangerous business of Midwest artisanal snack foods back Jaycee into a cold reality: expose the truth to save her own skin, or protect an ambitious young chef all too willing to take the fall.</p><p></p><p>Sharp, observant, and darkly hilarious, <em>The Girlfriend Guide to Negligent Homicide</em> blends women's sleuth mystery, satirical small-town crime, and literary social comedy for readers who like their mysteries smart, funny, morally complicated, and served with a generous side of bite.</p><p></p><p><strong>Never share recipes. Always keep receipts.</strong></p>
| Book format | Paperback |
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| Fiction/nonfiction | Fiction |
| Genre | Literature & Fiction |
| Publication date | July, 2026 |
| Pages | 270 |
| Subgenre | Mystery & Detective |
| Series title | The Jaycee Grayson |
| Number in series | 2 |
| Edition | 1 |
| Publisher | Dartmouth Park LLC |
| Language | English |
| Is collectible | N |
| Recording time | 0 min |
| Retail packaging | Single Piece |
| Assembled product dimensions (l x w x h) | 6.00 x 0.61 x 9.00 in |
| Assembled product weight | 0.8 lb |
| Bisac subject heading | Fiction |
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