Mrs. Murder
To the public, I am Miss Murder, but my fiancé Vincent is the one who actually spills the blood. Our dark arrangement is flawless until a stalker begins hunting me, using a stolen secret to tear my life apart.
Under pressure from a director demanding my most depraved work and threats mounting daily, I’m forced to step into the violence I’ve only ever observed. At the altar, Vincent’s final "gift" leaves me with a brutal ultimatum: embrace the monster within or watch everything I’ve built burn.
- Luna - Victor’s fiancée, writer
- Victor - Luna’s fiancé
- Madeline - Luna’s mother, has locked-in syndrome
- Alyssa Lake - Talk show host
- Dominic Reeves - Movie director
- Stephen - Luna’s ex-boyfriend, missing
- Melissa - Stephen’s sister
- Janice - Luna’s previous ghost writer, missing
- Marcus Reed - Private investigator
- Vincent and Luna agree to only kill people they believe deserve it.
- Luna photographs the murders because she has aphantasia.
- Dominic meets Luna at a literary gala and tells her he wants her to write a new book he can adapt into a movie.
- Luna ignores repeated calls from Melissa, who is searching for Stephen.
- Vincent proposes a multiple murder to secure the movie deal with Dominic.
- Luna sees photos from the literary gala on social media and notices a man staring at her.
- Vincent tells Madeline his wedding gift to Luna is turning her into a murderer to elevate her writing.
- Someone breaks into Luna’s house while she and Vincent are away and steals a photo of Luna standing over a murder victim.
- Luna hires a PI to identify the man in the photo; it's Marcus Reed, a former detective turned unlicensed PI.
- Luna meets Marcus, who admits he has the photo of her at a murder scene and says Melissa hired him because Luna was the last person seen with Stephen before he went missing.
- Marcus believes Luna is trapped by Vincent and offers to help put him away and uncover what happened to Stephen and Janice.
- Vincent says he’s found three murder victims they can kill as inspiration for Dominic’s movie.
- Vincent and Luna kidnap the three victims, take them to a cabin in the woods, and kill them.
- Luna returns home to find Madeline dead.
- Luna recalls Vincent saying she was too dependent on her mother and wonders if he caused her death.
- While Luna is getting ready for her wedding she opens her first gift from Vincent, a knife.
- At the altar, Luna asks Vincent if he killed Madeline; he denies it, and Luna believes him.
- They say ‘I do’ with only Dominic present.
- Vincent takes Luna to a fallout shelter near the church where he presents her with a man and a woman with burlap sacks over their heads, ready to be murdered.
- It’s Janice and Stephen, whom Luna thought Vincent already killed.
- Luna hesitates so Vincent kills Janice.
- Marcus shows up and Vincent stabs him in the leg.
- Dominic shows up unnoticed by Vincent while he is talking to Marcus.
- When Vincent tries to stab Marcus again, Luna grabs the knife and stabs Vincent instead, killing him.
- Luna is arrested, gives a full confession and is sentenced to life in prison.
- Dominic ends up making a true crime documentary based on Luna.
- Epilogue: Luna receives a package from Stephen, it’s her typewriter.
This was such a great follow-up to the first book! Mrs. Murder keeps the momentum of the Miss Murder series going strong.
It was so entertaining watching Luna's internal struggle between doing what is actually right versus doing what she felt she had to do to remain the "Miss Murder" that everyone adored and get the validation she secretly craved. That tension added a great layer to the story.
I spotted some of the twists before they happened, but there were a few good surprises in there as well. This book was a wildly entertaining read from start to finish. If you liked the first one, you’re going to enjoy this sequel.
- Madeline - Dead - Died from complications of her illness
- Janice - Dead - Throat slit by Vincent
- Stephen - Alive - Rebuilding his life after the ordeal
- Vincent - Dead - Stabbed by Luna
- Luna - Alive - Serving a life sentence for her role in multiple murders
- Dominic - Alive - Profiting from Luna’s life story
- Murder
- Death
- Blood
Publisher: Independently published
ASIN: B0F6XNVB3Y
Publication Date: April 28, 2025
Note: Details are for the original edition. Other formats, editions, and audiobook versions may be available.