Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post readers, to share their mini-reviews with you. Have any to offer? Email bellis@denverpost.com. – Barbara Ellis

“Not Quite Dead Yet,” by Holly Jackson (Bantam, 2025)

Sarcastic, foul-mouthed Jet Mason has been murdered, and has a week to find her own killer. (You read that right.) Twenty-seven, a law school dropout, Jet has moved back home with her family and feels like a loser. Finding who attacked her, leading to a catastrophic brain injury that will lead to her death, is now her mission, and a chance to finally succeed at something important. The sardonic tone of this book drives

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