A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Cover of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
Author(s) Holly Jackson
Published May 2, 2019
Publisher Electric Monkey
Genre(s) Mystery
Age group Young Adult


A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson is a young adult mystery novel, originally published on May 2, 2019. It is the first book in the A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series.

Trigger Warnings

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  • Animal death (dog)
    The main characters pet dog is kidnapped and later drowns.
  • Bullying
  • Cheating (implied)
  • Death of a parent (mentioned)
  • Death threats
  • Disordered eating (mentioned)
  • Drug abuse
  • Drugging
  • Drug use
  • Injury
  • Kidnapping
  • Murder
  • Profanity
  • Psychological abuse (parental)
  • Racism
    A reporter makes racist remarks about Indians. The underlying reason why the murder case closes at first without the real killer getting caught is due to racist assumptions and harmful stereotypes about Indians.
  • Rape (mentioned)
  • Self-harm (mentioned)
  • Suicide (mentioned)
  • Sexual assault (mentioned)
  • Statutory rape (mentioned)
  • Verbal abuse
  • Underage drinking

Representation

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  • Indian love interest
  • Lesbian side character
  • Chinese side character

Tropes