Thank you to NetGalley and Rebellion Publishing for allowing me to read an arc of this book

I haven’t read a murder mystery thriller in over a decade, and so I was unsure if I would enjoy this story or not. I’m so glad I gave it a try though because it was so interesting and kept me hooked throughout.

It took me a little while to understand who all the characters were and their relationships to each other, and the shifting pov changing from 1st person to 3rd was confusing at first, but that all made sense later.

There isn’t much I can say about the plot without giving things away. I really enjoyed it though, especially Horatio.
I recommend this book to those who love a good ‘who done it’, queer thrillers, or maybe just fancy trying out a different genre. I rate it four and a half stars.

CW’s- this book deals with death, murder, injury detail and suicidal thoughts and ideations.

A retelling of Hamlet as a locked-room thriller sounded amazing and it turned out amazing. It had the elements of Hamlet and I could tell it was Hamlet. I enjoyed the way Em X. Liu wrote this and created the characters. It did everything that I was hoping for and thought it also worked on it's own. I can't wait to read more from the author and glad I got to read this.

"Did your father have enemies I didn’t know about?” I asked. I remembered the stricken look on Charles’s face—
but also that his face had crumpled in devastation and not surprise. “Did anyone have a reason to want to hurt him?”