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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder



Holly Jackson's A Good Girl's Guide to Murder is the summer thriller you NEED!

Summary

Pippa, or Pip, Fitz-Amobi is good at school. She has always been, but she doesn't know who she truly is when she isn't working on a project, doing homework, or studying for a test. For her senior capstone project, Pip decides she will solve a murder. Drastic, I know, but she has to find out what really happened five years ago. She has to find out what happened to her friend Sal. When Sal Singh was a senior in highschool, his girlfriend, Andie Bell, disappeared. Sal Singh was found a couple days later, after texting his father that he kidnapped and killed Andie, dead - suicide with sleeping pills. Pippa knows that's not the whole story. 

The only condition on her capstone project is that she does not interview any members of the Bell or Singh families. This is the first rule Pippa breaks, a concept that she is not used to. Pip enlists the help of Ravi Singh (Sal's younger brother) to solve the case. Can Sarge (Pip) and Ravi solve the case? Is Sal innocent? Who are primary suspects? Pip knows Sal cannot possible be a killer and abductor, he was so nice to her when she was a child. 

Pippa and Ravi soon find a trail of dark secrets behind Andie Bells. Drug use, prostitution, mental abuse, broken friendships, tattered family, the Crest 3D White teeth and shockingly blond hair mask comes down. 


Review

This book was amazing. It was actually scary. I promise YOU WILL NOT GUESS THE ENDING. There is a love story. You can guess who it is going to be between in the first chapter, but it develops in a cute and natural way. Pippa is a smart, capable young women bursting into the world and out of her comfort zone, and I think that is what young women of today need to be reading. 

I used to think it was impossible to write a young adult book that is a true thriller, but Holly Jackson proved me wrong. Besides a couple cheesy jokes, this book is absolutely wonderful. 4.75 stars!


Happy reading!! Comment your thoughts below. What should I read next?


*DISCLAIMER* mild, teen cussing; minor character has connection to homosexuality

Audience: 7th - 12th grade
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Date Published: 2019
ISBN: 9781984896360
Format: Hardback
Genre: YA Fiction, Mystery/Detective/Thriller

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  1. AnonymousOctober 7, 2020 at 9:34 PM

    I just finished this book, and it is so wonderful!! Such a good recommendation.

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