DEATH BY CHAOS

DEATH BY CHAOS by Renaii West is a unique, compelling mix of upbeat female college camaraderie, serious women’s issues, and a grisly death. Tasha, Elizabeth, Dawn, and Miranda, all exceptional young women, wind up as roommates. Different as they are, they bond. The rich son of a Trustee attacks Miranda and falls to his accidental but gruesome death with Tasha as an “unreliable” witness because of her refusal to be shy about her pleasure in sex. Miranda swears Tasha to secrecy and flees; the boy’s father pays off his son’s friends and some of the cops to frame Miranda, calling his son’s death murder. For decades, Tasha keeps the secret, getting cryptic messages from Miranda, until a class reunion threatens to reveal all the secrets. Funny, frightening, well-paced, and full of surprises, this novel crosses and merges genre lines for a novel more than the sum of its parts.

DEATH BY CHAOS is a 2021 Discovery Awards winner in the Women’s Issues category. See Renaii West’s acceptance speech here and learn more about this remarkable book.