I Think I Was Murdered has got to go down as one of the cleverest books I read in 2024.

The basic premise involves a grieving widow who can’t move on because she’s using a chatbot programed with her late husband’s personality, after his entire social media, and text histories were uploaded. Things turn sinister when the company Katrina works for becomes the subject of a Federal investigation and her life becomes threatened.

After her grandma dies, Katrina flees to her small home town and renews her friendship with chef Seb Wallace. Between them they work to uncover who is threatening Katrina, before it’s too late. Between the AI bot, the hunt for a possible bitcoin fortune and some couple family dynamics on both sides, this is a real page turner. As ever, Coble makes brain-hurting technical details seem accessible in this tightly written thriller with just a hint of romance.

With so many threads, there’s never a dull moment in this story, and I enjoyed it very much. I listened on Audible and the narrator did a great job. Definitely recommended.

I received an audiobook of I Think I Was Murdered from the publisher via NetGalley. The response is all my own.