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Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2)

Holly Jackson

Start date: August 1, 2021

Finish date: August 31, 2021

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Mar 03, 2022 Melanie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: own-print, mystery

4.5 Stars

Good Girl, Bad Blood was a fantastic read following a young woman who begins looking into the disappearance of her friend's older brother after the police refuse to help.

After the events of last fall, Pip Fitz-Amobi has taken a step back from being a detective. With the help of her boyfriend Ravi Singh, she releases a true-crime podcast detailing how they solved the murders of Andie Bell and Sal Singh. Despite the podcast's success, Pip insists her days as a detective are behind her. Bu 4.5 Stars

Good Girl, Bad Blood was a fantastic read following a young woman who begins looking into the disappearance of her friend's older brother after the police refuse to help.

After the events of last fall, Pip Fitz-Amobi has taken a step back from being a detective. With the help of her boyfriend Ravi Singh, she releases a true-crime podcast detailing how they solved the murders of Andie Bell and Sal Singh. Despite the podcast's success, Pip insists her days as a detective are behind her. But then Jamie Reynolds, the older brother of her friend Connor, goes missing the night of the memorial service for Andie and Sal. With the police refusing to look into the disappearance, Pip agrees to help and use her podcast to reach more people in the hopes of finding Jamie before it's too late.

Jamie's disappearance proved to be an interesting case for Pip to solve. The urgency to solve the case is higher than it was in the first book as it's happening in present day and as far as anyone knows, Jamie is still alive. Pip's podcast definitely opens some doors for her as people are more willing to talk to her because of the popularity of the podcast. However, some people Pip upset in the first book haven't moved past those feelings which closes off some avenues for her to explore this time around. I don't want to give away what happens so I'll just say I didn't expect the direction Jamie's case went and there were several surprises I didn't see coming. I liked how Pip managed to solve things and I'm curious what will come of the things that were left open-ended.

Like the first book, Good Girl, Bad Blood uses mixed media elements after each chapter. Initially the entries are related to what happened last year but as the book goes on she transitions to covering Jamie's disappearance in what she classifies as Season 2 of the podcast. This time around interviews are recorded and used in episodes of the podcast with Pip providing additional commentary. We also see items such as news articles, text messages, photographs of evidence, and more. I liked the variety of the additional elements as it added something extra to the story. Plus Pip's case note documents are great as they help her sum up the information she uncovers as well as work out her theories.

Overall Good Girl, Bad Blood was an excellent continuation of the series and I'm looking forward to reading the final book in the series, As Good As Dead, soon. I highly recommend this series if you're looking for some great amateur sleuth mysteries. ...more

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Oct 17, 2024 Thecritic rated it really liked it

This is the second novel in good girl’s guide to murder.

It could be read as a stand alone novel, though it has the same characters and setting and some follow up on the previous plot.

This time Connor’s brother Jamie, is missing. Pippa starts her second season of podcast to find him,

It has something to do with the catfish that was making him do things and follow people and a child whom his father made him do things.

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Feb 14, 2025 Alicia rated it really liked it

Shelves: audiobook, library-books, movies-tv-shows

This was darker than the last book. Which wasn’t exactly sunshine and roses, but the ending of this one is brutal and traumatising.
There’s some real character growth, plenty of self-awareness, and just like the last book everything layers to that final conclusion. I do think the next book is going to be next-level trauma, so I might hold off on that for a while.

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