A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder

Everyone in town settled the question of Andie Bell's murder five years ago, which is exactly why Pippa Fitz-Amobi decides to reopen it. Holly Jackson builds the novel around a final-year school project that hardens into a genuine investigation, with Pip's interview transcripts, maps, suspect lists and working notes printed alongside the narrative. That documentary layer lets the reader test the evidence in parallel while the town's patience thins and the hostility becomes personal. The result is a young-adult crime novel that respects the mechanics of an investigation and keeps its danger close to home. How readers use it: • Narrative interleaved with production logs, transcripts and case notes • A teenage investigator reworking a closed case for a school assignment • A small-town setting where the suspects are neighbours and classmates • The first book in a trilogy that follows the same characters Pitched at teenage readers and adult crime fans alike, and a strong starting point before the later books. Available from Boipoka.