Book Review: A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

Thank you to Amazon Vine & Delacorte Press for my review copy.

My thoughts:

I was really enjoying this story and then they had to go and kill the dog, Barney. I felt it was so unnecessary and wasn’t needed in the story at all. Even with the death of Barney, I continued with the story because I HAD to know how it was going to unfold and I was pleasantly surprised with the outcome. I had one theory figured out and was correct, but I wasn’t expecting the other shoe that dropped while reading. I’m very picky about young adult books and I really enjoyed this story. I’m looking forward to reading Good Girl, Bad Blood by this author.

Synopsis:

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 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.

This is the story of an investigation turned obsession, full of twists and turns and with an ending you’ll never expect.