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The Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson. Unabridged e-audio book, ~11 hours. Read by Bailey Carr, Mairsa Calin, Michael Crouch, Gopal Divan, Robert Fast, Kevin R. Free, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Carol Monda, Patricia Santomasso, Sheri Sardar, Amanda Thickpenny, and others. Books on Tape/ Listening Library, February, 2020. (Review of e-audio downloaded from public library.)
Happy Tuesday! My students should know that I love hearing recommendations from them. The school year started with me receiving a lot of requests for "good girl's guide to murder" books or books by Holly Jackson. I am sorry to confess that I hadn't heard of the series or the author, who made her debut with A Good Girl's Guide to Murder in 2020. I put a hold on the audiobook and just finished it. What a nail biter!Pippa Fitz-Amobi plans to revisit a cold case in her town of Fairview for her senior capstone project. Five years earlier, the small town was rocked by the disappearance of high school senior Andie Bell and the apparent suicide of her boyfriend, Sal, who admitted via text that he killed her. Case closed even though her body was never found. Pippa is unconvinced because Sal was always nice to her, so she starts interviewing. It isn't long before she begins putting pieces of the puzzle together and also receives notes warning her to stop.
Suspense is high throughout, as she sifts through the large number of suspects and examines motives. There are some cool red herrings and a few plot contrivances that keep the reader guessing until the end. It's not surprising that this is a best seller and checked out of most libraries in my library cooperative. Happy reading!
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