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A review by hannahmariebrankley
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
4.0
Holly Jackson has created such a buzz on Book Twitter. With this being her debut novel, I was intrigued. I actually ended up buying all 3 books in this series.
Having sat on my physical TBR for a while, I had seen online it was being made into a series on BBC Three. I am one of those people who would much prefer to read the book before seeing the TV series or film. So I decided to read the first one whilst I could.
5 years ago, Andie Bell was murdered by her boyfriend, Sal Singh. At least, that is what the police concluded. Being in a small town, Pippa Fitz-Amobi had watched the events unfold, but was sure that Sal had not murdered Andie.
With many questions, Pippa decides to investigate the case for her final year project.
Along the way, she and others start to uncover secrets that someone wants to stay hidden. Is it the killer? And what ever happened to Andie Bell's body?
This book left me in two minds. I thoroughly enjoyed the scene. There is just something about a mystery in a small town that never fails. The character developments were well fleshed out. The humour was quintessentially British and some of the twists were so well placed.
But, I felt disappointed when I got around 6 or 7 chapters in and I figured out what had happened. I think that's always a gamble with mystery books because there are only so many tropes you can go with. It didn't make it any less enjoyable and I am excited to see how the story develops over books 2 and 3. 4 Stars.
Having sat on my physical TBR for a while, I had seen online it was being made into a series on BBC Three. I am one of those people who would much prefer to read the book before seeing the TV series or film. So I decided to read the first one whilst I could.
5 years ago, Andie Bell was murdered by her boyfriend, Sal Singh. At least, that is what the police concluded. Being in a small town, Pippa Fitz-Amobi had watched the events unfold, but was sure that Sal had not murdered Andie.
With many questions, Pippa decides to investigate the case for her final year project.
Along the way, she and others start to uncover secrets that someone wants to stay hidden. Is it the killer? And what ever happened to Andie Bell's body?
This book left me in two minds. I thoroughly enjoyed the scene. There is just something about a mystery in a small town that never fails. The character developments were well fleshed out. The humour was quintessentially British and some of the twists were so well placed.
But, I felt disappointed when I got around 6 or 7 chapters in and I figured out what had happened. I think that's always a gamble with mystery books because there are only so many tropes you can go with. It didn't make it any less enjoyable and I am excited to see how the story develops over books 2 and 3. 4 Stars.