⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 5 stars

A good girl’s guide to murder is a story where we follow Pippa as she starts to investigate the disappearance of Andie and tries to uncover what really happened five years ago.

I love the way this book is written. It really gives you insides in Pippa’s thoughts and it feels like you’re really following along a true crime podcast or something similar. Every chapter brought out new truths and questions and you’re presented with theory upon theory that just keeps you on your toes reading. The uncertainty and questions made it a really gripping read!

You get misdirected a lot as the reader, which makes the book everything but predictable. As someone who is suspicious of everyone while reading mystery books, I didn’t see the twist at the end coming. It took me completely by surprise, which just made the book better to me. Everytime you think you’ve got it figured out; Jackson throws something your way to prove your theory was wrong. My guess as to who killed Andie just kept changing constantly. The last 60 something pages were just a wild ride where everything came to light.

I really like how you get to know Pippa due to her log entries, which are written in the first person. You really follow and see how she thinks and how she comes to certain conclusions. The rest of the chapters are written in third person. The alternation between the written person really makes reading this book more exciting.

I really liked the characters in the book. Pippa is a very relatable character who is funny, nerdy, smart and brave. Ravi’s involvement was also a really nice addition and I just love their dynamics. I also liked how the focus was just on trying to solve the case and nothing like romance came in the way of this.

Overall, it’s a clever murder mystery with likable characters and some awesome plot twists. I binge read this book in one day and as the book is part of a series, I’m excited to get my hands on Good Girl, Bad Blood.