A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1) by Holly Jackson Narrator: Luke Poli, Kristin Atherton, Clare Corbett, Jot Davies, Maryam Grace, Olivia Forrest
Published by Electric Monkey on May 2, 2019
Genres: Mystery
Pages: 433
Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
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Everyone in Fairview knows the story.
Pretty and popular high school senior Andie Bell was 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 Fairview doesn't want Pip digging around for answers, and now her own life might be in danger.
Three stars for an entertaining story and a clever murder. I’m not rating it higher because this felt too much YA for me and because some of the situations didn’t seem plausible at all. There was a tiny bit of romance too, which is expected in a YA novel, but didn’t add much to the story.
I disliked the main character. Pippa was just the typical higher achiever, good girl with excellent grades. I like complex characters, not the ones that seem perfect except for the fact that they don’t know who they are under all that perfection. We don’t need more stereotypes that specifically hurt women.
I listened to the audio version, and I really enjoyed the full-cast narration.
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