The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club: A Feminist Murder Mystery of Three Women Teaming Up to Solve a Crime and Get Revenge on a Cheating Ex (A Hu Done It Mystery, 1)

Kathryn Hu’s Laws of Luck knew something like this would happen. Just as she thought she found the man of her dreams, she finds out she’s not the only woman in his life. She teams up with Elle and Olivia to enact a plan of revenge by setting up pranks around his apartment. But their grand plan goes horribly wrong when they find his body in the closet. Now they must work together to prove their innocence and find the real killer.

The unique premise of ex-girlfriends banding together creates a landscape for hijinks, plot twists, and humor. This could easily be a story founded on cattiness, but Chao’s characters are three strong women who find solace, understanding, and friendship with one another. The mystery is rooted in female empowerment and the concept of women lifting up each other. The story provides space for the characters to be themselves and find what they’ve been missing, which is so lovely to see represented. Chao does a splendid job of blending fun and heart, knowing when to make scenes playful and when to be genuine. The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club features strong female leads, tongue-in-cheek humor, identity, revenge schemes, and murder, which are done with the highest form of comedy and cleverness.