Not Quite Dead Yet: A GMA Book Club Pick [Large Print]

By Holly Jackson

Book Overview

GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK - The #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder--now a hit Netflix series--returns with her first novel for adults: an "irresistible" (The Washington Post) thriller about a young woman trying to solve her own murder, "full of the writer's signature twists and turns" (People).

"This truly unique premise snowballs into a roller-coaster ride of page-turning suspense and knock-out twists "--Freida McFadden, author of The Housemaid

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 and back home, she's still waiting for her life to begin. I'll do it later, she always says. She has time.

Until Halloween night, when she is violently attacked by an unseen intruder, suffering a catastrophic head injury. Doctors are certain that within a week, the injury will trigger a fatal aneurysm. To her parents' dismay, Jet rejects an extremely risky operation in order to guarantee herself at least a few more days.

Jet never thought of herself as having enemies. But now, in the one week she has left, she looks at everyone in a new light: her family, her former best friend turned sister-in-law, her ex-boyfriend.

As her condition deteriorates, she reconnects with her childhood friend Billy, the only one willing to help her. With Billy at her side, she's absolutely determined to finally finish something:

Jet is going to solve her own murder.

• Format: Paperback
• Large Print: Yes
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0DLFFQB4L
• ISBN13: 9798217157563
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: Random House Large Print Publishing
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Even death can't stop Jet!

This was both thrilling and absolutely heartbreaking! What with Jet always being a "I'll do it later" kind of person and then to have the expiration date after being attacked, I really felt for her. And it made me think about what I would do if I only had a week or less to live. That is when you see what is really important and I applauded Jet for her choice to go and stay at Billy's, especially after the way her mom kept acting. Billy is so sweet with her and in between helping Jet track down who might have murdered her and just spending time together (like listening to Billy play at the bar). That was was the heartbreaking parts, along with the side effects of the injury happening as the week progressed. Lots of action though and I was impressed how capable Jet was, despite the head wound in getting around and finding so many suspicious reason why someone might want her dead. It really gets down to the wire by the end, and I will say it does get figured out and I did not suspect that person but it is quite the explosive ending! The letters were a super nice and sad touch and I will say both Reggie's and Billy's letters totally undid me. It is a good book with lots of twisty mysteries, finding what is important in life, and not letting anything stop you (as much as possible) from finding the truth. And yes, I did cry, those darn letters!