Can’t Wait Wednesday #191: Hot Girl Murder Club by Ashley Winstead

Can’t Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released. It’s based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the Jill at Breaking the Spine. So let me introduce you my Can’t Wait Wednesday #191 pick. Click on the book’s cover to add it to your Goodreads shelf (opens in a new window).

Hot Girl Murder Club by Ashley Winstead book cover — Expected Publication: July 14, 2026 by Minotaur Books / Macmillan Audio.
Length: 336 pages / ~10 hours.
Narrator: Brittany Pressley.
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

From The Publisher:

What’s a girl got to do to get some fame, a few million record sales, and justice for murder?

Ten years ago, aspiring singer-actress Scout Sage lost the only thing that mattered: her sister, Georgia. Ever since Georgia’s mysterious death at a Hollywood party, Scout’s done her best to honor her memory, clawing her way through the industry and collecting a network of climbers along the way, fellow hot girls in stilettos with cutthroat ambition, a new Hollywood order.

But when a slew of targeted murders makes headlines across L.A., all pointing to Scout as the killer, she turns overnight from a mid-tier pop star into the world’s most famous (alleged) murderer. Now everything she’s worked to build—including the justice she wants for Georgia—will fall apart unless Scout can prove she’s not guilty.

Meanwhile, the young and unusual detective assigned to her case, herself no stranger to tragedy, begins to unearth secrets not even Scout knows, let alone her millions of new fans. Particularly about the ways Georgia’s death connects to an even older pattern of crimes long hushed over in Hollywood—an old reign of terror that, if brought to light, could be the fuel that ignites a reckoning the world over.

Why I Want To Read Hot Girl Murder Club:

I haven’t read this author before but the synopsis for this book has grabbed my attention. I’m interested to see what makes the “unusual” detective unusual, and what she uncovers as she works on this case.