A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, Holly Jackson’s debut novel, is one of the best mystery novels you will ever read. It’s a thrilling, fast-paced novel centered around a puzzling small-town murder. The main protagonist, Pippa Fitz-Amobi, is a senior in high school who decides to investigate a murder that took place in her hometown five years prior for her Senior Capstone project. Fairview’s residents seem to have accepted that Andie Bell, a teenage girl who mysteriously went missing, was murdered by her boyfriend, Sal Singh. But Pippa thinks otherwise. On her journey to prove Sal’s innocence, accompanied by Sal’s brother Ravi, she encounters death threats, bribes, drug dealers, and more dark secrets that hit closer to home than she expected. Featuring a strong, intelligent protagonist with her own flaws, well-fleshed-out characters, and formatted in a unique way, this story stands out from other YA mysteries. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder is an addictive and intriguing book you won’t want to put down.