A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
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AuthorHolly Jackson
GenreYoung adult fiction
PublisherElectric Monkey
Publication date
May 2, 2019

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder is a young adult mystery series by Holly Jackson. The series consists of four novels: A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (2019); Good Girl, Bad Blood (2020); As Good As Dead (2021); and Kill Joy (2021). Except for Good Girl, Bad Blood, all books were published by Electric Monkey. Good Girl, Bad Blood was published by Delacorte Press.


Plot[]

Kill Joy[]

Kill Joy, a prequel novella, depicts a murder mystery dinner which Pip attended before the events of the first book.

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder[]

Five years ago, schoolgirl Andrea "Andie" Bell was allegedly murdered by her boyfriend, Salil "Sal" Singh, who then killed himself. The case has now gone cold, but 17-year-old Pippa "Pip" Fitz-Amobi is convinced that the real killer is still at large. She starts a project (an EPQ in the British version) pretending to investigate media involvement in the case while actually trying to figure out who the real killer was, assisted by Sal's younger brother Ravi. They end up interviewing several people in and around the fictional town of Little Kilton, near London, which in the American edition is replaced by the equally fictional Fairview, Connecticut, and eventually discover that there were two killers: Andie was murdered by her younger sister, Becca, and Sal was murdered by Elliot Ward, his teacher and the father of Pip's best friend Cara.

Reception[]

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder[]

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder was named one of the best books of 2020 by Barnes and Noble[1] and received the following accolades:

Good Girl, Bad Blood[]

Good Girl, Bad Blood was shortlisted for the YA Book Prize in 2021.[6]

The book also received positive media reviews. The Bookseller said the novel was "twisty and compelling," while The Guardian claimed it was "nail-biting, taut, and pacy," stating that "Jackson[is] a homegrown thriller writer to watch."[7]

As Good As Dead[]

As Good As Dead received a positive review from The Guardian, who named the book "a taut, compulsively readable, elegantly plotted thriller."[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "The Best Books of 2020". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 2021-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "2021 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 2021-01-04. Retrieved 2021-09-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)". Goodreads. Retrieved 2021-09-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "YA Book Prize 2021 Winner". Waterstone's. Retrieved 2021-09-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "The British Book Awards 2021 Winners". Waterstone's. Retrieved 2021-09-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "YA Book Prize 2021 Winner". Waterstone's. Retrieved 2021-09-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "Good Girl, Bad Blood - A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Book 2 (Paperback)". Waterstone's. Retrieved 2021-09-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "As Good As Dead - A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Book 3 (Paperback)". Waterstone's. Retrieved 2021-09-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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