December 2023 First in a Series BOTM - A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

[Alaina]

The case is closed. Five years ago, schoolgirl Andie Bell was murdered by Sal Singh. The police know he did it. Everyone in town knows he did it.

But having grown up in the same small town that was consumed by the murder, Pippa Fitz-Amobi isn't so sure. When she chooses the case as the topic for her final year project, she starts to uncover secrets that someone in town desperately wants to stay hidden. And if the real killer is still out there, how far will they go to keep Pip from the truth?

**This BOTM thread will be open until January 5th @ Midnight (in your time zone)**

[Haley]

waiting to get this one from the library to start it :)

[Erica]

ch 1-6 (view spoiler)[ okay I am really liking this book so far! I like how inquisitive Pip is. I still think that it has something to do with Naomi have something to do with what happened and I really hope that Pip is right and that Sal was innocent and gets the news out for the town to stop treating the family like shit (hide spoiler)]

[Erica]

ch 7-18 (view spoiler)[ I am loving the partnership of Ravi and Pip. I am wondering what this Howie person has to do with everything and if she really was dealing drugs, it would explain all the money she was getting (hide spoiler)]
ch 19-37 (view spoiler)[ I can so picture Howie being the stereotypical drug dealer lol Pip has really gotten herself into some scary situations, lets hope she stays safe. I also hope that she doesnt forget to submit her application. I was so sad that Barney died, like who does that!! I really hope that she isnt going to stop, she has gotten so far (hide spoiler)]
end (view spoiler)[ wow did the ending really have some twists! so many people were hiding crimes! I feel really bad for Cara, she was so innocent in all of this and she lost her mom, her dad, and her sister is technically part of a crime too. When Pip discovered the house and thought that Andie was being held there I was hoping that this whole time she was alive :( I cannot believe her sister could watch her parents suffer and go through so much without any remorse, she was willing to kill again just to keep her secret hidden. (hide spoiler)]

[Jessica]

I am just not a fan of this book. I found too many things unrealistic like 2 young kids just walking up to a drug dealers house and entering, seriously??!! It was an easy read and I did not figure out who did it yet, I was not trying too hard either. It left me wondering what happened to the main character's friends after their father got into trouble and the romance between 2 of the characters was so predictable.

[Jessica]

Chapter Nine
(view spoiler)[ gotta love how Pip is doing basically every unethical thing she can for this lol. (hide spoiler)]

[Jessica]

Chapter Nineteen
(view spoiler)[ omg Pip you are going to get yourself killed. Just stake out a drug dealer and give him your phone number, what a great idea. (hide spoiler)]

[Jessica]

Chapter Twenty Eight
(view spoiler)[ Well that photo is incriminating but damn I was not expecting that revelation with the hit and run. I have no idea who murdered Sal, but I think Andie might still be alive. (hide spoiler)]

[Jessica]

Finished
(view spoiler)[ Well I was not expecting any of that. I really wanted Mr Ward to be good. (hide spoiler)]

[Alaina]

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