【 A GOOD GIRL’S GUIDE TO MURDER 】

Genre: Mystery
Audience: Young Adult
Author: Holly Jackson
Published: May 2019
Publisher: Electric Monkey (HarperCollins)
Pages: 433 (paperback)

This was unexpectedly spectacular?! I had [WRONGLY] assumed this book was cruising purely on baffling TikTok hype, but this is actually exceptional.

I cannot recommend the audiobook enough, too. I’ve never read such a well-produced audiobook: full cast, complete with sound effects, and just genuinely very compelling. It really took the story to the next level.

This is no puffy YA thriller; it’s the bees knees. The characters are great and the whole basis of the plot is far more interesting than I expected. I’d assumed from the title & cover and this was some strange little thriller about how to get away with murder, sort of thing. But it takes itself very seriously and is actually about a highschool student who’s determined to prove the innocence of someone who she believes was wrongly convicted 5 years ago in her town. Couched in the pretence of a school project, she reopens this cold case and everything just gets tenfold more interesting from there.

If you like thrillers/mysteries, then all I can say is this is well worth the hype and something I highly recommend.

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Title: A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder
Series: A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder #1
Author: Holly Jackson
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Everyone in Fairview knows the story.

Pretty and popular high school senior Andie Bell was murdered by her boyfriend, Sal Singh, who then killed himself. It was all anyone could talk about. And five years later, Pip sees how the tragedy still haunts her town.

But she can’t shake the feeling that there was more to what happened that day. She knew Sal when she was a child, and he was always so kind to her. How could he possibly have been a killer?

Now a senior herself, Pip decides to reexamine the closed case for her final project, at first just to cast doubt on the original investigation. But soon she discovers a trail of dark secrets that might actually prove Sal innocent . . . and the line between past and present begins to blur. Someone in Fairview doesn’t want Pip digging around for answers, and now her own life might be in danger.