Beautiful Little Fools retells the story of Gatsby’s murder as a mystery, turns a literary tragedy into a feminist whodunnit. That reimagining brings in the theme of justice not merely legal, but emotional, social, and symbolic. Women, in Cantor’s world, are not scene-stealing women in a man’s drama they are active characters with motives, secrets, and opinions. Each of the women Daisy, Jordan, Catherine, Myrtle is both a suspect and a narrator. Their voices, silenced or marginal previously, now drive the action. The murder mystery structure is not so much entertainment as a way of leveling the playing field. Gatsby’s death is a way of asking the question: What if women reclaim the narrative? Whom does silence serve to help, and whom does it hurt? This model also allows Cantor to ask how exactly women are blamed, shamed, and discounted. The novel denies the implication that innocence or guilt is decided based on gender roles or social status. The novel forces the reader to question not just who pulled the trigger, but what societal forces led to the conditions in which this was possible. By infusing feminist motifs into a thriller narrative, Cantor reimagines Gatsby’s demise as a sustained exploration of complicity, power, and resistance. Beautiful Little Fools argues that justice isn’t retribution it’s a matter of uncovering the truth and speaking for those silenced for far too long.