Kill Joy

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Novella

by Holly Jackson

Welcome to the murder mystery party of the year! Fans of the hit series
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder will love Pip's final detective case in this
mystery novella from #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly
Jackson.

Six suspects. Three hours. One murder...

Pip is not in the mood for her friend's murder mystery party. Especially
one that involves 1920's fancy dress and pretending that their town is
an island called Joy. But when the game begins, Pip finds herself drawn
into the make-believe world of intrigue, deception and murder.

But as Pip plays detective, teasing out the identity of the killer clue-by-
clue, the murder of the fictional Reginald Remy isn't the only case on
her mind ...

about the book

Category: Miscellaneous
Author: Holly Jackson
Publisher: Delacorte Press
One appearance: 2023
Edition: Paperback
No. pages: 208
Age: +10 years

about author
Holly Jackson has sold in over 25 languages, and has
sold millions of copies both here and in the US, and
around the world. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder
was a Sunday Times and NY Times no.1 bestseller
and the series has spent over a year on the NYT
bestseller list. It has won the National Book Award
for Children's Book of the Year in 2020, Waterstones
Children's Book of the Year, longlisted for the
Branford Boase, and was a Waterstones Paperback
of the Year. It was an Observer Book of the Year and
WH Smith Thumping Good Read. It was published in
the UK and in the US and has been translated in
many other languages around the world. Her first
book after the Good Girl series Five Survive will be
published in late 2022.

Holly Jackson was born in 1992. She grew up in

Buckinghamshire and started writing stories from a
young age, completing her first attempt at a novel
aged fifteen. She graduated from the University of
Nottingham with a 1st class degree and a master’s
in English, focusing on literary linguistics and
creative writing. She lives in London and her
hobbies include binge-playing video games and
pointing out grammatical errors in street signs.

review
Pippa Fitz-Amobi is not in the mood for the cop-
themed party her friends have thrown her.
However, when the game begins, Pip finds herself
drawn into the imaginary world of intrigue,
deception and murder. But as the teenager steps
into the role of detective, trying to discover the
killer's identity, clue by clue, the fictional death of
Reginald Remy is not the only case that haunts her. .
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