As Good As Dead: TikTok made me buy it! The brand new and final book in the bestselling YA thriller trilogy: Book 3 (A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder)
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THE THIRD AND FINAL THRILLING BOOK IN THE BESTSELLING AND AWARD-WINNING A GOOD GIRL’S GUIDE TO MURDER TRILOGY. Soon to be a major BBC series!
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder is The New York Times No.1 bestselling YA crime thriller and WINNER of The British Book Awards’ Children’s Book of the Year 2020 and shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2020
Pip Fitz-Amobi is haunted by the way her last investigation ended. Soon she’ll be leaving for Cambridge University but then another case finds her . . . and this time it’s all about Pip.
Pip is used to online death threats, but there’s one that catches her eye, someone who keeps asking: who will look for you when you’re the one who disappears? And it’s not just online. Pip has a stalker who knows where she lives. The police refuse to act and then Pip finds connections between her stalker and a local serial killer. The killer has been in prison for six years, but Pip suspects that the wrong man is behind bars. As the deadly game plays out, Pip realises that everything in Little Kilton is finally coming full circle. If Pip doesn’t find the answers, this time she will be the one who disappears . . .
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder is The New York Times No.1 bestselling YA crime thriller and WINNER of The British Book Awards’ Children’s Book of the Year 2020.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN’S BOOK PRIZE 2020
Perfect for fans of One of Us Is Lying,Eva Dolan, C L Taylor, We Were Liars and Riverdale
Holly Jackson’s book ‘A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder’ was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 18-09-2023.
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Additional information
| Publisher | 1st edition (5 Aug. 2021), Electric Monkey |
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| Language | English |
| Paperback | 576 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 140529860X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1405298605 |
| Reading age | 14 years and up |
| Dimensions | 12.9 x 3.6 x 19.8 cm |
by Evie
This series is the best written murder mystery series of all time I am in love the story line the way the book tie into eachother THE ENDING ???? 10/10 my new favourite book.
by laceyg
the plot twists and characters are written amazingly and the story is great. I loved this book.
by Emma
Such a good book. Love Holly Jackson!
by Mrs Kelly Collins
If you haven’t read the others in the series, slowly back away from this post and go buy them. I’ve even read Killjoy which was a novella about a murder mystery night that Pip and her friends host before she became a super sleuth.
It was really hard to see Pip in so much distress, this book definitely takes a darker turn. I felt quite maternal towards her and wanted her to just speak to her parents.
I thought the plot and intricacies of Pip’s plan quite impressive. I wanted to keep reading. Jackson’s mind must have been working overtime to build such a plot. Ravi and Pip’s dad are always there to add some light relief and are such loveable characters.
There is a small part of this book that isn’t sitting right with me, but I can’t say as it would spoil the plot. Pip makes a decision that I’m not sure I believed she would. Morally it didn’t sit right with me and I’m not sure it fits with her character. I’m also not sure her decision at the end wouldn’t have caused more concern and raise suspicion. But it did add some depth to the book and didn’t spoil the enjoyment of the book. If you have read this book let me know what you think.
While it’s a sad goodbye to Pip, I’m very excited to see what Jackson does next.
by Dini
Actual rating: 3.5 stars
I just wanted to write a quick note about my rating… If I was basing it completely on the thrill and my inability to put this book down it would be a solid 5-stars! I was on the edge of my seat THE WHOLE TIME and I’m so invested in these characters. BUT there were decisions made that lessened my enjoyment in terms of plot and that’s why it’s at 3.5-stars. I would still recommend it though!
Just as in the previous books, I was immediately engaged in the story. Pippa is suffering her PTSD in silence and has turned to take drugs (specifically Xanax) in order to suppress the overwhelming sensations and flashbacks that are now her constant companions. She has lost complete faith in the justice system and herself to the grey area between good and bad and doesn’t know where that leaves her. Jackson has written Pippa’s tumultuous thoughts and experience of PTSD so incredibly well it’s as if you are experiencing it alongside her—the fast-paced drumbeat of nerves, the cold sweats, the flashes of bloody hands, and the inability to breath was shockingly visceral. I was completely twisted up in anxious knots as Pippa’s story took an unprecedented and absolutely insane direction and continued steamrolling chaotically until the very bittersweet end. At one point I thought my heart would beat out of my chest because I was so anxious for Pip! ????
I have to admit that figuring out who DT was before Pip did was such a satisfying feeling and I was literally shouting at the pages at that point! ???? However, that satisfying feeling didn’t last long because there were a few more turning points in the story that really had me suspending my disbelief because it is WILD, y’all. Seriously. W-I-L-D! I mean, I greatly admire Pippa’s character and wow, did I learn a lot from her situation and how she handled it (cough you know, for if ever I find myself in a similar situation one day—JOKES cough) but this was not the direction I thought her story would go and neither was I really keen on it? Without giving anything away, the situation escalates very quickly and then continues to escalate to the point that it’s no longer realistic. That said, a small part of me did understand (to a point) how it escalated the way it did especially considering how bad Pip’s PTSD is. It was heartbreaking to see her struggle to cope though.
The ending is where another star was deducted for me because I felt like by that point Pippa had really been through enough and she deserved better than what she got. It was an overall satisfying conclusion though with the stories told in the previous books tying up pretty neatly and all the questions that were asked were also answered. I’m sad to see this series end because it has been one heckuva thrilling ride but I’m so looking forward to seeing what else Jackson comes up with in the future!
by Colette B
From the start the third book in this trilogy was brutal and dark. So much darker than the first two books and a more stressful read. But packed with twists and clever details making it a real page turner.
by Syed Asghar
Quality is good
by Kate
My 13 year old daughter loves these books. Don’t suppose it’s great literature but it’s lovely seeing her reading again