by Holly Jackson
Rating: ⭐4/5⭐
Pippa Fitz-Amobi 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, Little Kilton, 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 …
Find out where it all began for Pip in this prequel to the best-selling A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder and Good Girl, Bad Blood.
This book was really fun! Like a mix between Agatha Christie’s “And Then There Were None” and the movie“Knives Out”.
Those thrilling moments of suspense were it looked like things were gonna take a turn for the dark and creepy but instead were quickly diffused in flashes of cold, hard logic were great. I felt silly each and every time I thought the story would devolve into a horror tale and ended up laughing at myself.
I think a murder mystery party was a great way to introduce what I understand will be the series’ characters, or at the very least Pippa. She had a very curious, very methodological personality; perfect for a budding detective! I very much look forward to jumping into the meatier part of this series!
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