
Cross Your Heart and Hope He Dies
A Novel
Minotaur · Print & ebook · January 20, 2026
Hobnobbing with Seattle's elite on a super-yacht, Juliette Winters is about to land the deal of the century - if she doesn't get arrested first.
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- Who it’s for
- A playful, cozy mystery with enough edge to keep the pages moving.
- Genres
- Cozy Mysteries, Romantic Comedy, Women Detectives
- Published
- Minotaur, January 20, 2026
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Hobnobbing with Seattle's elite on a super-yacht, Juliette Winters is about to land the deal of the century - if she doesn't get arrested first. She Doesn't Have A Clue author Jenny Elder Moke returns with another riotous mystery rom-com that delights in rich people behaving badly. Juliette Winters is used to taking care of business alone. She has no time for petty things like romance, friendships, or emotional commitments.
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Love is for people who believe in reality TV dating and holding hands in public. She's too busy dominating the publishing world by single-handedly saving her company from financial ruin with the book deal of the century. Business magnate Warren Ellingham has guaranteed Juliette exclusive rights to his explosive memoir that promises to expose the secrets of his ultra-exclusive country club, Pacific Pines. But when Warren drops dead of an apparent heart attack and the memoir is stolen, Juliette suspects that someone was willing to resort to murder to keep their secrets from being exposed. Enlisting the help of Charlie Hawkins, a doctor with a heart of gold and abs of steel, Juliette dives into the glamorous and messy world of Pacific Pines Country Club. As the investigation heats up, so does the tension between Juliette and Charlie. But Juliette can't afford any distractions because the bodies keep dropping, and Juliette is tee-d up to take the blame. If she doesn't uncover Warren's killer soon, the thing that was supposed to secure her future might just be the thing that ends it. Jenny Elder Moke's twisty mystery rom-com blend will delight readers with its outrageous characters, laugh-out-loud jokes, and opposites attract romance.
Cozy Case
A playful, cozy mystery with enough edge to keep the pages moving.
Come here for
- playful sleuthing energy
- cozy mystery shiver without the doom
Expect
- amateur-detective vibes
- romance and mystery in the mix
Where it sits
| Romantic Comedy | 66% |
|---|---|
| Cozy Mysteries | 41% |
| Women Detectives | 24% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Women Detectives
- Romantic Comedy
- Authors
- Jenny Elder Moke
- Publisher
- Minotaur
- Published
- January 20, 2026
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Women Detectives