My Murder

What if the murder you had to solve was your own? Lou is a happily married mother of an adorable toddler. She’s also the victim of a local serial killer. Recently brought back to life and returned to her grieving family by a government project, she is grateful for this second chance. But as the new Lou re-adapts to her old routines, and as she bonds with other female victims, she realizes that disturbing questions remain about what exactly preceded her death and how much she can really trust those around her. 

Now it’s not enough to care for her child, love her husband, and work the job she’s always enjoyed—she must also figure out the circumstances of her death. Darkly comic, tautly paced, and full of surprises, My Murder is a devour-in-one-sitting, clever twist on the classic thriller.

For Louise, the weird thing isn't so much that she was murdered and then brought back to life--cloned, along with several other female murder victims. What perplexes her is that, due to an effect of the replication process, she can't remember her murder or the days leading up to it. There lie the sci-fi & mystery elements of My Murder, Katie Williams's of-its-own-ilk fantasy-thriller hybrid, which is further distinguished by its whittled-to-perfection prose.

The novel's beginning & middle find narrator Louise, three months into her cloning, reacclimating to life as a married mother, resuming her job as a touch therapist and trying to recall her murder. To ease their readjustment, the victims of Edward Early's killing spree--"He was leaving women all over mid-Michigan, crumpled on benches, on roads, on playground toys, like a trail of silvered candy wrappers"--attend a serial killer survivors' group. ("The name was a lie," notes Louis