She Didn't Stand a Chance

A Novel

Stacie Grey

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Poisoned Pen Press
04 November 2025

Crime & Mystery; Thriller & suspense

Gertie hasn't seen her siblings for more than twenty years. They've all stayed in touch, while she's on the outside. But now that their father is gone, the family is getting back together...and someone isn't getting out alive.

The desert heat can be deadly. But nothing kills like a cold heart.

Gertie hasn't seen her siblings since she was a toddler. Now, she's back at the family home she barely remembers, summoned there to witness the reading of her father's will. Shockingly, Gertie stands to inherit a substantial portion of the family business and her father's prized Palm Springs home. And no one is more surprised-and angry-about Gertie's inclusion in the will than her sisters and brothers.

Trapped in a remote house that doesn't feel like home with siblings that don't feel like family, Gertie is isolated in more ways than one. And when she discovers that her father may have been murdered, and a member of the household staff dies not long before she has a near-deadly accident of her own, she realizes she'll be lucky to get out of this unexpected family reunion alive.

A suspenseful read that feels just as suffocating as the dry California air in which it is set, She Didn't Stand a Chance takes readers on a wild journey of jealousy, lies, and family secrets with deadly consequences.

By: Stacie Grey
Imprint: Poisoned Pen Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 19mm
ISBN: 9781728292953
ISBN 10: 1728292956
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 04 November 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Stacie Grey is the pseudonym of cozy mystery author Daisy Bateman. She lives with her husband and dog in California.

Reviews for She Didn't Stand a Chance: A Novel

""For She Didn't Stand a Chance's engaging outsider Gertie, the inhospitable and deadly desert is nothing compared to the suspects trapped with her at her dead father's estate. Clever, atmospheric, and sizzling with suspense, this book is an addictive binge."" -- Heather Chavez, author of Before She Finds Me and What We'll Burn Last ""The brutal desert heat meets a coldblooded killer in this taut mystery from Stacie Grey. A Palm Springs setting, rich people behaving badly, and the laugh-out-loud family dysfunction made this a winner for me. I couldn't put this book down."" -- Joshua Moehling, USA Today bestselling author of And There He Kept Her and Where the Dead Sleep