The I Think I Was Murdered

<p><strong>It's a high-octane thriller with the grounding touches of Katrina's Norwegian heritage the hygge of North Haven and a very sweet romance between two likable vulnerable people. Romantic suspense comfort food--just like waffles with cloudberry cream. --KIRKUS</strong></p><p><strong>This timely high-concept novel delves into the impact of AI on a grieving widow who uses a chatbot to talk to her dead husband. What she never expects is the response when she asks it to tell her something she doesn't know: <em>I think I was murdered</em>.</strong></p><p>Just a year ago Katrina Berg was at the pinnacle of her career. She was a rising star in the AI chatbot start-up everyone was talking about married with an adoring husband and had more money than she knew how to spend. Then her world combusted. Her husband Jason was killed in a fiery car crash. Her CEO was indicted and as the company's legal counsel Katrina faces tough questions as the Feds take over and lock her out of her office. The final blow is the passing of her beloved grandmother.</p><p>Her most prized possession is the beta prototype for a new ultra-sophisticated chatbot loaded onto her phone. The contents of Jason's email social media backups pictures and every bit of data she could find were loaded into the bot and Katrina has talked to him every day for the past six months. She has been amazed at how well it works. Even the syntax and words the bot uses sound like Jason. Sometimes she imagines he isn't really dead and is right there beside her. She knows it's slowing her grief recovery but she can't stop pretending.</p><p>On a particularly bad day she taps out: <em>Tell me something I don't know</em>. The cursor blinks for several moments and seems frozen before the reply flashes quickly onto the screen: <em>I think I was murdered</em>.</p><p>Distraught Katrina returns to her cozy Norwegian-flavored hometown in the Northern California redwoods and enlists the help of Seb Wallace local restaurateur and longtime acquaintance to try to parse out the truth of what really happened. They must navigate the complicated paths of grief family dynamics and second chances as well as the complex questions of how much control technology has. And staying alive long enough to do that is far more difficult than either of them dreamed.</p><p><strong>Bestselling authors Coble and Acker deftly combine a high-concept plot with gripping intrigue and sweet romance. Reading one of their novels feels akin to watching a BBC mystery series: by the end of the first scene you can relax knowing you're in the capable hands of a story that will have a complex puzzle character-driven plot and a satisfying reveal.</strong></p><p><em>Looking for more from these authors? Don't miss their Tupelo Grove series: Book #1</em> What We Hide <em>Book #2</em> Where Secrets Lie <em>and Book #3</em> When Justice Comes.</p>