Holly Jackson's books have been translated into over 45 languages and has sold millions of copies both here and in the US, and around the world. The A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series has spent over three years on the NYT bestseller list. It won the National Book Award for Children's Book of the Year, Waterstones Children's Book of the Year, longlisted for the Branford Boase, and was a Waterstones Paperback of the Year. It was an Observer Book of the Year and WH Smith Thumping Good Read. It was called one of the top ten greatest YA novels of all time by Forbes. In 2024 it was turned into a BBC and Netflix series. Her next two standalone novels, Five Survive and The Reappearance of Rachel Price were both huge international number one bestsellers.
This truly unique premise snowballs into a roller coaster ride of page-turning suspense and knock-out twists! * Freida McFadden, #1 New York Times bestselling author * The queen of YA effortlessly conquers a whole new realm with her first adult novel. Propulsive, unputdownable and unexpectedly heart wrenching, Not Quite Dead Yet is a masterclass in thriller writing and an example of storytelling at its finest * Alex Michaelides, New York and Sunday Times bestselling author of The Silent Patient * 'I felt all the emotions while reading Not Quite Dead Yet. It’s funny, touching, heartbreaking, thrilling and totally addictive. An original and unique thriller that I’ll be thinking about for a long time.' -- Claire Douglas 'I absolutely loved it: twisty, edgy, and with her trademark voice. It deserves to fly' -- Gillian McAllister Not Quite Dead Yet is everything I love about Holly Jackson’s novels dialled up to eleven — a searingly clever premise, of course absolutely unputdownable, interspersed with her trademark humour, and with a protagonist in Jet that you can’t help rooting for. An instant classic * Amy McCulloch, author of Breathless and Runner 13 * Fiercely original, wickedly clever, and so damn fun, Not Quite Dead Yet is a wild ride with a heroine you can't help but root for. It had me snickering, gasping, and flying through the chapters until the final page * Andrea Bartz, author of We Were Never Here and The Last Ferry Out * A thrilling, twisting, heartbreaker. Holly Jackson’s adult debut is fresh, fun and impossible to put down * Chris Whitaker * With all the pizzazz, poignancy, humour and ingenious plotting of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, Not Quite Dead Yet sees Jackson graduating from YA fiction with distinction and aplomb -- John Dugdale * The Sunday Times * Praise for Holly Jackson -- : Blisteringly good * Observer *