One Killer Problem: A Darkly Funny Young Adult Mystery with Queer Teens and Murder - Hardcover

Winans, Justine Pucella

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0063324482 ISBN 13: 9780063324480

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2024

Synopsis

A darkly funny and thoroughly queer mystery thriller with a touch of camp, for fans of Kara Thomas and Kit Frick by way of Only Murders in the Building.

When Gianna “Gigi” Ricci lands in detention again, she doesn’t expect the glorified study hall to be her alibi.

But when she and her friends receive a mysterious email directing them to her favorite teacher, Mr. Ford's, room, they find him lying in a pool of blood. But calling the math teacher’s death an accident doesn’t add up, and Gigi needs all the help she can get to find the truth. Luckily, she’s friends with her high school’s Mystery Club, and so with her best friend, Sean, and longtime crush, Mari, Gigi sets out to solve a murder.

But it turns out that murderers are extremely unwilling to be caught, and the deeper Gigi gets in this mystery, the more dangerous things become. Between fending off a murderer, continual flare-ups of her IBS, and her archnemesis turning flirtatious, making it out of junior year is going to be one killer problem.

With a wry, hilarious voice and a main character who is the walking definition of a disaster bi, this book is an ode to cozy mysteries, queer found families, and fighting for the people you love, no matter what. 

Can Gigi solve the case before her own life spirals into a YA thriller?

• Amateur Sleuths: Gigi and her high school Mystery Club are on the case, even if they’re more used to finding lost locker keys than unmasking a killer.
• Sarcastic Teen Detective: With a severe case of IBS and an even more severe case of not thinking before she speaks, Gigi Ricci is the walking, talking, sleuthing disaster this murder wasn’t ready for.
• Nemesis to... Something More?: As if things weren’t complicated enough, her archnemesis has suddenly decided junior year is the perfect time to start flirting. Gigi is not equipped to handle this.
• A Found Family of Misfits: With her best friend, longtime crush, and a surprisingly helpful archnemesis, Gigi has the found family she needs to survive high school... and maybe a murderer.

About this title

About the Author

Justine Pucella Winans is a queer and nonbinary writer who resides in Los Angeles with their husband and cats. When not writing, they try their best at Brazilian jiu-jitsu, read an alarming amount of manga, and try to make pasta even a fourth as good as their nonna’s. They are the author of Bianca Torre Is Afraid of Everything, and you can find them at justinepucellawinans.com.

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0063324482
• ISBN 13: 9780063324480
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336