What is it about
This is a whodunnit story surrounding the death of a wealthy and well-known CEO, Anthony Wistern at his own birthday party. It is told from the points of view of Anthony Wistern, Olivia Wistern (the wife) and an online amateur sleuth, who is obsessed with true crime. Anthony cannot move on in afterlife and is stuck in limbo until he remembers his own death. He believes that a lot of people had wanted him dead, including his own family. Olivia is the scorned wife who has every motive to kill him and privately is not sorry that he is dead, since the careless cad has left her penniless. The obsessed online amateur will go to extreme lengths to find Anthony’s killer and gain more online views, even if it means doing a live stream while breaking into the Wistern family home.
Through the three characters’ points of view, we are introduced to his greedy, inheritance obsessed adult children, who are not mourning his death unless it is for social media and assortment of other characters such as Olivia’s brother. The readers, encouraged by the sleuth’s own theories, will enjoy doing a bit of detective work.
What I like about it
Much like How to kill your family, this has the trademark Bella Mackie’s dark humour all over it. She is an expert in creating detestable characters going through a downfall. And even then, a highly detestable character will become an unwitting person to root for. I love how it ended and it made me see the title in a whole new light, which I thought was befitting of Bella’s sarcastic, dry humour.