Mystery · Young adult
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
For a school project, a determined teenager decides to reinvestigate the murder of a local girl five years earlier, for which her boyfriend was blamed. The more she digs, the less safe the town feels.
Facts last checked 2026-10-16
- First published
- 2019
- Pace
- Fast
- Length
- Medium
- Pages
- 370
- Format
- Book 1 of 3 in A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Read this if you like clue-by-clue young-adult mysteries with a clever, stubborn amateur sleuth.
Skip this if you want a highly realistic police procedure, since the teen's access to evidence stretches belief.
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Quick answers about A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
- What is A Good Girl's Guide to Murder about?
- For a school project, a determined teenager decides to reinvestigate the murder of a local girl five years earlier, for which her boyfriend was blamed. The more she digs, the less safe the town feels.
- Who should read A Good Girl's Guide to Murder?
- Read it if you like clue-by-clue young-adult mysteries with a clever, stubborn amateur sleuth. Skip it if you want a highly realistic police procedure, since the teen's access to evidence stretches belief.
- How long and how fast is A Good Girl's Guide to Murder?
- It is a fast-paced, medium read of about 370 pages, first published in 2019.
- Does A Good Girl's Guide to Murder have content warnings?
- Content we flag: Death, Violence.
- Can I borrow A Good Girl's Guide to Murder for free?
- Often, yes. Check Libby (OverDrive) to see whether your library lends A Good Girl's Guide to Murder; the borrow button above searches it for you.
- What should I read after A Good Girl's Guide to Murder?
- Readers who liked it often move on to One of Us Is Lying, The Cuckoo's Calling, And Then There Were None.
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