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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)

Holly Jackson

Start date: July 1, 2020

Finish date: July 31, 2020

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Oct 09, 2020 Sylvs (NOVELty Reads) rated it it was amazing

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Excuse me while I fangirl a little bit but this book was everything I was looking for in a murder mystery!

With its well-written characterisation, tangled webs of lies, intriguing murder mystery and school project-esque vibes, it was not difficult for me to quickly fall head-over-heels in love with A Good Girl's Guide To Murder.

From the very first page, I was hooked. We quickly discover the murder case about Andie Bell, a school girl who was believed to have either been missing or worse, murder Excuse me while I fangirl a little bit but this book was everything I was looking for in a murder mystery!

With its well-written characterisation, tangled webs of lies, intriguing murder mystery and school project-esque vibes, it was not difficult for me to quickly fall head-over-heels in love with A Good Girl's Guide To Murder.

From the very first page, I was hooked. We quickly discover the murder case about Andie Bell, a school girl who was believed to have either been missing or worse, murdered. I mean, it would've explained the suicide of her boyfriend Sal Singh who killed himself out of guilt, right? But 5 years after the case was closed, Pippa (Pip) is not so sure. She believes Sal to be innocent and is using her school project to look into the case once again.

I won't go into too much for spoiler reasons but the way the story was told was incredible. Interview after interview Pip had conducted, more clues appeared that lead her closer and closer to the potential murderer. I must say, I did have one person in mind but after reading strong lead after strong lead, I was left perplexed and enthralled. At the end, all that I could say was that nobody could see that ending coming. I was reading this at night-time and I stayed up until 1:30am because I honestly couldn't put the book down!

It wasn't just the murder mystery though, the characters were amazing and they actually were well-rounded. Ravi just wanted to clear his brother's name, Pip wanted to prove Sal innocent, Cara was still feeling down after her mother's death years ago, Naomi was going to therapy to deal with her anxiety and depression and Nat Da Silva was dealing with the repercussions of Andie Bell and her life at school. Everyone had good reasons to kill Andie (if she was indeed murdered) but at the same time you felt like you had an emotional connection to these characters and you didn't want any one of them to be the murderer.

All in all, I absolutely loved this book and would recommend it to everyone!

ACTUAL RATING: 4.8 STARS
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Apr 24, 2021 Nicola Michelle rated it it was amazing

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I was very much sucked into the hype for this book, which influenced my decision to pick it up and give it a read. I love murder mysteries and the premise for this one sounded fab, and boy did it deliver!

This was so so brilliantly written and fantastically paced. It’s so immersive and very hard to put down once you get started. It had all the hallmarks of a fantastic murder mystery and whodunnit, and even though you were taken on a ride solving the mystery alongside Pip (the main character), yo ...more

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Mar 10, 2024 Christine Indorf rated it it was amazing

Shelves: thrillers, fiction, mysteries

An actual 4.5 read
Puppy has a school paper due so she will be writing about the murder suicide that happened in her town. Her goal is to vindicate the boy who was charged for the murder. With the help of the brother Pippa follows the lead of a teacher, to friends, and even the family of the murdered girl. Can Pippa solve the mystery before she is killed herself??
I enjoyed this thriller so much. It had me guessing until the end. I waited years to read this thriller and I must say it was definite ...more

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Dec 04, 2021 Emma of Themiscyra rated it it was amazing

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I SWEAR I had written a review for this one (especially since I read book 2 and that one has a review), but alas. Here we are. Given that I strongly feel like I’ve done this before coupled with the fact that it was a five star read, this review is going to be short and sweet. A very enjoyable mystery/who done it with lots of twists to keep you interested along the way. Pippa sometimes got on my nerves for not getting parental help for things like (spoiler) her dog missing, etc. but overall, a de ...more

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