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Holly Jackson

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Holly Jackson was born in 1992. She grew up in Buckinghamshire and started writing stories from a young age, completing her first (poor) attempt at a book aged fifteen.

'A Good Girl's Guide to Murder' is a YA Mystery Thriller and her debut novel. She lives in London and aside from reading and writing, she enjoys binge-playing video games and pointing out grammatical errors in street signs. ...more

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Average rating: 4.2 · 4,225,311 ratings · 486,986 reviews · 18 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,863,116 ratings — published 2019 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2) 4.25 avg rating — 819,372 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #3) 4.19 avg rating — 600,110 ratings — published 2021 — 78 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Five Survive 4.07 avg rating — 298,748 ratings — published 2022 — 56 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Reappearance of Rachel Price 4.08 avg rating — 240,989 ratings — published 2024	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Not Quite Dead Yet 3.98 avg rating — 215,073 ratings — published 2025 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kill Joy (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #0.5) 3.72 avg rating — 176,505 ratings — published 2021 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Good Girl's Guide to Murder / Good Girl, Bad Blood / As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1-3) by Holly Jackson (Goodreads Author) 4.61 avg rating — 7,486 ratings — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Good Girl's Guide to Murder / Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1-2) by Holly Jackson (Goodreads Author) 4.56 avg rating — 1,351 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mrtvá holka, dobrá holka - část první (Návod na vraždu pro hodné holky, #3.1) by Holly Jackson (Goodreads Author), Karolina Medková (Translator) 4.38 avg rating — 678 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (3 books)
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“Real men wear floral when trespassing”
― Holly Jackson, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

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“Hey Sarge, remember me?”
― Holly Jackson, As Good As Dead

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“The people you love weren’t algebra: to be calculated, subtracted, or held at arm’s length across a decimal point.”
― Holly Jackson, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

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I need your help deciding the next books we should read for Night Shift Reads group read and chat. Pick the book you would most like to read and the 3 books with the most votes will be the October, November, and December Night Shift Reads books. If you haven't joined in yet, think about trying it out.

Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson

10 votes 37.0%

The Amalfi Curse by Sarah Penner

5 votes 18.5%

We Won't All Survive by Kate Alice Marshall

4 votes 14.8%

You Are Fatally Invited by Ande Pliego

3 votes 11.1%

Long Time Gone by Charlie Donlea

2 votes 7.4%

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson

1 vote 3.7%

The Persian Pickle Club by Sandra Dallas

1 vote 3.7%

Our Last Resort by Clémence Michallon

1 vote 3.7%

The Winter Ghosts by Kate Mosse

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The Romanov Cross by Robert Masello

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