The Change: the must read debut feminist fiction novel and crime thriller of 2022!

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We deserve to know about victims, and Miller is conscientious about not keeping the focus only on those who deliver harm. it's essentially a character-driven mystery novel in which these women become literally em-powered by THE CHANGE, using their gifts to obtain justice for a number of "expendable" young women lured, used, and brutally murdered within an exclusive long island enclave, their killers insulated by their wealth and power. As the story progresses, we learn more about the young girls who are victims of terrible crimes and each one is named, and their families notified so that they have resolution. I’m still thinking about this one a few days after I’ve finished, so that’s a strong sign to me of a great read! When a few girls go missing they unite and use their very special abilities to help solve the biggest mystery of all time. Pharrell, Jay-Z’s Roc Nation, Bill Clinton and More Remember Clarence Avant: “The Ultimate Example of What Change Looks Like”

A delicious fantasy full of righteous rage, thorny entanglements, powerful sisterhood, and (wink, nudge) herbal remedies. Forget the teen dabblers of The Craft, or the lovelorn witches of Practical Magic: Joe, Nessa, and Harriet are the dynamic coven that angry feminist dreams are made of, here to remind us that everything gets better with age and experience— especially revenge." Kat RosenfieldNessa James is a widow who used to work as a nurse and whose twin girls have left for college. She is alone now and she has started to hear voices. The voices are getting louder. Her grandmother had a gift and it seems like Nessa shares it. She can hear the dead. Specifically, young women calling for her to find them. Jo could feel the fire shooting through her veins and waves of energy traveling down her limbs. She saw heat ripples radiating from her skin and smelled the grass singing beneath her feet. She'd tried her best to control it. Now Jo closed her eyes and let go. Nothing had ever felt so good. Miller presents a change of pace with her three main female characters. They still have a long fuse left on the dynamite of their lives even though society says they're over the hill. Let's sort through the fineness that makes them who they are.

Second, there is Jo Levison who was an executive and now is the owner of the local gym for women. She's miserable experiencing her menopausal symptoms including rage and hot flashes. She feels like she is burning up and she feels like she could start a fire from the heat she is experiencing. Hilary Swank, Sanaa Lathan, Aaron Paul, Krysten Ritter to Star in James Patterson Audible Originals (Exclusive)

Anyway. Thriller about three menopausal women who have developed superpowers of seeing dead people, witchy plant magic, and extreme violence. They set out to find out who killed a girl and discover a whole series of rape/murders of teenagers. For a book that critiques popular culture using raped and murdered women as entertainment, it sure does have a lot of raped and murdered women in it. The women don’t buy into that narrative, and Nessa is determined to give the girl a name, and bury her with her dignity, so the women begin to investigate. Their sleuthing will lead to more bodies, and the startling conclusion that a serial killer may have been getting away with murder for YEARS. In The Change, three women in Mattauk come together in unexpected ways, harnessing their gifts to try to protect their town. Nessa is a widow who can hear and see girls. Since she was ousted from her high level corporate job, Harriett has built a reputation for being a witch, in large part due to her unwieldy garden. Jo owns a women’s gym and can literally feel heat surging through her when she’s mad about something and lately, there’s plenty to be mad about in Mattauk. ⁣

As the women discover the body of a young girl in a garbage bag, they embark on a journey to uncover what has been happening in the community. Hindered and unsupported by the police, they are truly on their own. As they each come into the full power of their gifts, I knew that they would help these young women and punish the perpetrators. Miller triumphs... The Change is that rare treat: a suspenseful story with great pacing, memorable characters, and an engaging voice. Fantastic in every way, this fierce anthem against misogyny is a smash.”— Publishers Weekly (starred review)Miller triumphs...THE CHANGE is that rare treat: a suspenseful story with great pacing, memorable characters, and an engaging voice. Fantastic in every way, this fierce anthem against misogyny is a smash."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) The truth of it is, I don't think most of them really question our intelligence or abilities—though they don't mind us believing they do," Harriett continued. "We're just turds in the punchbowl. We spoil their party. They don't want us hanging around." There have always been those who want to deny women power. And there are also women who refuse to accept it....But many women are simply too frightened to see things as they really are--or to accept that the world men have made must be destroyed."