A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson Summary
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A teenage detective tackles a closed murder case in this TikTok sensation with over 2 million copies sold worldwide. BBC's Netflix adaptation proves Holly Jackson's debut isn't just award-winning - it's the thriller that made amateur sleuthing cool again.
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The Perfect Crime in an Imperfect Town
In the picture-perfect English town of Little Kilton, everyone knows what happened five years ago. Popular seventeen-year-old Andie Bell disappeared, and her boyfriend Sal Singh confessed to her murder in a text message before taking his own life. Case closed. Justice served. At least, that's what everyone believes. Everyone except Pippa Fitz-Amobi. For her senior project, this high-achieving student decides to reexamine the case that has defined her community for half a decade. What begins as an academic exercise quickly transforms into something far more dangerous as Pip discovers that beneath Little Kilton's manicured lawns and polite smiles lies a town full of secrets worth killing to protect. The investigation starts with a simple question: Why would a brilliant student like Sal leave such obvious evidence? Why confess via text rather than in person? And most puzzlingly, why would someone planning to confess to murder take sleeping pills in the woods rather than turning themselves in? These inconsistencies nag at Pip, suggesting that the town's accepted narrative might be built on a foundation of convenient assumptions rather than facts.
Unlikely Partners in Truth-Seeking
The Perfect Victim Wasn't So Perfect
Darkness Beneath the Surface
The Shocking Truth Revealed
The Price of Truth
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