Publication: 6th July 2023 – Electric Monkey
There’s never a good time to find a dead body. But finding a dead body while you’re trying to kiss your crush?
Dead awkward.
All Kerry wants to do is stay at home with her rom-coms and strict retainer schedule. Instead, her BFF Annie has roped her into going to their first sixth-form party to investigate who’s cyberbullying Heather, the most popular girl in school.
On the cusp of kissing her dreamy crush, Scott, Kerry discovers the body of Heather’s second in command – suffocated with a menstrual cup. Within days, another student turns up dead, this time with a sanitary pad across the eyes. Now Annie and Kerry are officially on the case to stop the menstrual murderer . . . period.
Incredibly funny, witty, and intriguing with the right amount of suspense, romance, and comedy, I loved Murder on a School Night and I laughed so much!
The protagonist, Kerry, is a bit socially awkward, with a passion for Agatha Christie’s novels and investigative journalism, and she’d rather be at home watching a movie than attending a school party. On the other hand, her fierce best friend Annie, who shares Kerry’s passion for detective novels and is not ashamed to go to school on a Paw Patrol child bike, wants nothing more than to be friends with Les Populaires, who, as the name implies, are the most popular – and mean – kids in school. That’s why Kerry finds herself at a party, talking to Scott, the handsome new boy in school with adorable dimples, pretending to share his love for The Shining and about to have a romantic moment, when she stumbles into into the body of one of Les Populaires, apparently killed by a menstrual cup. The police declares it an accidental death, but when another student is found dead, this time with a sanitary pad on their eyes, it is clear that there is a killer on the loose and Kerry and Annie are determined to find them before they kill again.
The mystery is well-written, with quite a few unexpected twists and the right amount of suspense and hilarity. The friendship between Kerry and Annie is fantastic and relatable. Where Annie is loud, Kerry is more quiet, where Annie wants to be part of the popular crowd, Kerry would rather be left alone, but they always rely on each other and have each other’s back, even when they are at odds. And then, there is the romance. Scott is the new boy in town, he seems interested in Kerry, but the murders started right after his arrival and he seems to be hiding something. Could he have something to do with it?
With snappy dialogues, jaw-dropping surprises, and lots of comedy, Mean Girls meets Pretty Little Liars in this terrific feminist YA novel!
A huge thank you to Electric Monkey and NetGalley for providing me with a proof of this fantastic novel.
Kate Weston is an ex-stand-up comedian and bookseller. Her first YA book, Diary of a Confused Feminist, was longlisted for the Comedy Women in Print Prize 2020 and nominated for the Carnegie Medal. Murder On A School Night is her third book for teenagers. In it, Weston brings together her hilarious feminist humour, a compelling storyline and incredibly relatable anti-heroines.
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