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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder is a young-adult, mystery, thriller novel by Holly Jackson. It is the first book in A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series, followed by Good Girl, Bad Blood, then As Good As Dead. It was published on May 2nd, 2019 (paperback) and February 4th, 2020 (hardcover).
Synopsis[]
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 Little Kilton 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? (Paperback version)
For readers of Kara Thomas and Karen McManus, an addictive, twisty crime thriller with shades of Serial and Making a Murderer about a closed local murder case that doesn't add up, and a girl who's determined to find the real killer--but not everyone wants her meddling in the past.
Everyone in Little Kilton knows the story.
Pretty and popular high school senior Andie Bell was allegedly murdered by her boyfriend, Sal Singh, who then killed himself. It was all anyone could talk about. And five years later, Pip sees how the tragedy still haunts her town.
But she can't shake the feeling that there was more to what happened that day. She knew Sal when she was a child, and he was always so kind to her. How could he possibly have been a killer?
Now a senior herself, Pip decides to reexamine the closed case for her final project, at first just to cast doubt on the original investigation. But soon she discovers a trail of dark secrets that might actually prove Sal innocent... and the line between past and present begins to blur. Someone in Little Kilton doesn't want Pip digging around for answers, and now her own life might be in danger.
This is the story of an investigation turned obsession, full of twists and turns and with an ending you'll never expect. (Hardcover edition)
Plot[]
Determined to prove Salil Singh's innocence in the Andie Bell/Sal Singh case, Pippa Fitz-Amobi, along with Sal's brother, Ravi Singh, set out on risky tasks to uncover the mystery of the wrongly accused Sal Singh, and to find the missing body of Andie Bell. Pippa has chosen to report on this case for an EPQ.
Characters[]
- Pippa Fitz-Amobi
- Andie Bell (Andrea Bell)
- Sal Singh (Salil Singh)
- Ravi Singh
- Angela Johnson
- Mrs Morgan
- Jason Bell
- Dawn Bell
- Becca Bell
- Josh Amobi
- Victor Amobi
- Leanne Amobi
- Elliot Ward
- Cara Ward
- Naomi Ward
- Barney
- Chloe Burch
- Emma Hutton
- Richard Hawkins
- Jake Lawrence
- Millie Simpson
- Max Hastings
- Mohan Singh
- Lauren Gibson
- Stanley Forbes
- Ant Lowe
- Zach Chen
- Connor Reynolds
- Natalie da Silva
- Daniel da Silva
- Howie Bowers (Howard Bowers)
- Henry Hill
Trivia[]
- The US version of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder is set in Fairview, Connecticut, whereas the UK/global version is set in Little Kilton, Buckinghamshire.
- The original name for A Good Girl's Guide to Murder was Twofold Town.
- The TV show adaptation of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder was released on July 1, 2024 on BBC iPlayer and August 1, 2024 on Netflix.
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