A Hu Done It Mystery: Book 1
Publication Date: June 24, 2025
In this laugh-out-loud murder mystery, three women dating the same man band together to get revenge, but when they discover his body, they’ll need to solve his murder before they go down for it.
The body in the closet was going to be a problem. Kathryn Hu knew it. Yes, Tucker Jones was a cheating scumbag, and yes, she’d agreed to meet Olivia and Elle—Tucker’s other girlfriends—to exact revenge for all he’d put them through… But then they found him. Dead.
Do they look guilty? Yes.
Do they feel guilty for having wished him dead just hours before? Maybe a little.
But—solid motive and a crime scene covered in their DNA aside—they’re innocent. They swear.
To clear their names, Kat, Olivia, and Elle team up to find the real killer. But as they go undercover and lie to everyone, including the hot detective working the case, they realize that every person in their ex’s life had a reason to want him dead. Will they uncover the truth before they go down for a murder they didn’t commit?
Filled with humor and shenanigans, The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club is a romp of an adventure by award-winning author Gloria Chao, perfect for fans of Dial A for Aunties, Finlay Donovan Is Killing It and John Tucker Must Die.
What you can expect in THE EX-GIRLFRIEND MURDER CLUB:
- Cozy Murder Mystery
- Full of Shenanigans
- Over-the-top Humor
- Amateur Sleuths
- Unlikely Female Friendships
- Gloria Chao meets Dial A for Aunties
Kathryn Hu adores her boyfriend of three months, but when she walks in on him proposing to another woman, her world collapses.
Meanwhile, Olivia is just as surprised to discover her boyfriend of two years has a second girlfriend.
Author Gloria Chao serves up a humorous storyline with a side order of mystery in The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club. When Kathryn invites Olivia on the getaway previously planned to include Tucker, they are shocked to find him there, along with yet another woman, Elle.
When the three furious women start plotting, they decide to call into the Dish Served Hot podcast to share their plan of revenge. And boy, do they deliver it with gusto. The only issue is the body they discover in the closet.
Told primarily from Kathryn’s perspective, the story shifts to the women trying to discover who killed Tucker. As the suspense mounts, everything seems to point to the ex-girlfriends.
Fresh characters with humorous dialogue make this a refreshing story that is perfect for a summer read.
The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club brings the shenanigans as three women join forces initially for revenge, but stick together to clear their names.
Gloria Chao is an author and screenwriter. Her award-winning novels include The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club, Ex Marks the Spot, When You Wish Upon a Lantern, Rent a Boyfriend, Our Wayward Fate, and American Panda. She graduated from MIT, then became a dentist before realizing she’d rather spend her days in fictional characters’ heads instead of real people’s mouths. When she’s not writing, you can find her on the curling ice, where she and her husband are world-ranked in mixed doubles.
