Good Girl, Bad Blood: The Sequel to A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jacks

Description: Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson THE MUST-READ MULTIMILLION BESTSELLING MYSTERY SERIES—A GOOD GIRLS GUIDE TO MURDER NOW ON NETFLIX! • More dark secrets are exposed in this addictive, true-crime fueled sequel when Pip finds herself in another deadly case. Pip is not a detective anymore.With the help of Ravi Singh, she released a true-crime podcast about the murder case they solved together last year. The podcast has gone viral, yet Pip insists her investigating days are behind her.But she will have to break that promise when someone she knows goes missing. Jamie Reynolds has disappeared, on the very same night the town hosted a memorial for the sixth-year anniversary of the deaths of Andie Bell and Sal Singh.The police wont do anything about it. And if they wont look for Jamie then Pip will, uncovering more of her towns dark secrets along the way... and this time everyone is listening. But will she find him before its too late?And dont miss the finale, As Good as Dead! FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Holly Jackson is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the A Good Girls Guide to Murder series. She started writing stories at a young age, completing her first (poor) attempt at a novel when she was fifteen. Holly graduated from the University of Nottingham, where she studied literary linguistics and creative writing, with a masters degree in English. She enjoys playing video games and watching true-crime documentaries so she can pretend to be a detective. She lives in London. Follow Holly on Twitter and Instagram at @HoJay92. Review Praise for Holly Jacksons A GOOD GIRLS GUIDE TO MURDER series: "The perfect nail-biting mystery." —Natasha Preston, #1 New York Times bestselling author "Holly Jackson plays off of our collective true crime obsession brilliantly." —PopSugar "Gripping."—E! News Online "If you love true crime, murder mysteries, and unstoppable young women, this is the perfect easy-read thriller." —Business Insider"A knockout series." —The Nerd Daily "An instant shocker that will leave you on the edge of your seat." —Los Angeles Times High School Insider "This is a great, twisty read for fans of YA." —Book Riot "A taut, compulsively readable, elegantly plotted thriller."—The Guardian"A fun, gripping, and skillfully constructed novel of suspense. I loved Pip—her relatable quirks, her inventive investigative approach, and her willingness to step outside of her safe world in search of the truth." —Emily Arsenault, author of All the Pretty Things"Dark, dangerous and intricately plotted—my heart literally pounded." —Laura Steven, author of The Exact Opposite of Okay"So so clever." —Savannah Brown, author of The Truth About Keeping Secrets"Well-executed…. A treat for mystery readers who enjoy being kept in suspense." —Kirkus Reviews"Legions of fans of true crime podcasts may therefore flock to this one, and theyre unlikely to be disappointed." —Bulletin"Fans of true crime will be hooked by the hunt for a killer, but theres more to this Guide than just a whodunit. Its a story of families, community and the ways a crisis can turn them against one another in the blink of an eye." —BookPage Review Quote Praise for A Good Girls Guide to Murder : "The perfect nail-biting mystery." --Natasha Preston, #1 New York Times bestselling author "A fun, gripping, and skillfully constructed novel of suspense. I loved Pip--her relatable quirks, her inventive investigative approach, and her willingness to step outside of her safe world in search of the truth." --Emily Arsenault, author of All the Pretty Things "Dark, dangerous and intricately plotted--my heart literally pounded." --Laura Steven, author of The Exact Opposite of Okay "So so clever." --Savannah Brown, author of The Truth About Keeping Secrets "Well-executed.... A treat for mystery readers who enjoy being kept in suspense." --Kirkus Reviews "Legions of fans of true crime podcasts may therefore flock to this one, and theyre unlikely to be disappointed." --The Bulletin "Fans of true crime will be hooked by the hunt for a killer, but theres more to this Guide than just a whodunit. Its a story of families, community and the ways a crisis can turn them against one another in the blink of an eye." -- BookPage Excerpt from Book One It was still there, every time she opened the front door. It wasnt real, she knew that, just her mind filling in the absence, bridging the gap. She heard it: dog claws skittering, rushing to welcome her home. But it wasnt, it couldnt be. It was just a memory, the ghost of a sound that had always been there. "Pip, is that you?" her mom called from the kitchen. "Hey," Pip replied, dropping her bronze-colored backpack in the hall, textbooks thumping together inside. Josh was in the living room, sitting on the floor two feet from the TV, fast-forwarding through the ads on the Disney Channel. "Youll get square eyes," Pip remarked as she walked by. "Youll get a square butt," Josh snapped back with a snort. A terrible retort, objectively speaking, but he was quick for a ten-year-old. "Hi, darling, how was school?" her mom asked, sipping from a flowery mug as Pip walked into the kitchen and settled on one of the stools at the counter. "Fine. It was fine." School was always fine now. Not good, not bad. Just fine. She pulled off her shoes, the leather unsticking from her feet and smacking against the tiles. "Ugh," her mom said. "Do you always have to leave your shoes in the kitchen?" "Do you always have to catch me doing it?" "Yes. Im your mother," she said, whacking Pips arm lightly with her new cookbook. "Oh, and, Pippa, I need to talk to you about something." The full name. So much meaning in that extra syllable. "Am I in trouble?" Her mom didnt answer the question. "Flora Green called me today. You know shes the new teaching assistant at Joshs school?" "Yes. . . ." Pip nodded for her mother to continue. "Joshua got in trouble today, sent to the principal." Her moms brow knitted. "Apparently Camilla Browns pencil sharpener went missing, and Josh decided to interrogate his classmates about it, finding evidence and drawing up a persons of interest list. He made four kids cry." "Oh," Pip said, that pit opening up in her stomach again. Yes, she was in trouble. "OK, OK. Should I talk to him?" "Yes, I think you should. Now," her mom said, raising her mug and taking a noisy sip. Pip slid off the stool with a gritted smile and padded back toward the living room. "Josh," she said lightly, sitting on the floor beside him. She muted the television. "Hey!" Pip ignored him. "So, I heard what happened at school today." "Oh yeah. Theres two main suspects." He turned to her, his brown eyes lighting up. "Maybe you can help--" "Josh, listen to me," Pip said, tucking her dark hair behind her ears. "Being a detective is not all its cracked up to be. In fact . . . its a pretty bad thing to be." "But I--" "Just listen, OK? Being a detective makes the people around you unhappy. Makes you unhappy . . . ," she said, her voice withering away until she cleared her throat and pulled it back. "Remember Dad told you what happened to Barney, why he got hurt?" Josh nodded, his eyes growing wide and sad. "Thats what happens when youre a detective. The people around you get hurt. And you hurt people, without meaning to. You have to keep secrets youre not sure you should. Thats why I dont do it anymore, and you shouldnt either." The words dropped right into that waiting pit in her gut, where they belonged. "Do you understand?" "Yes . . ." He nodded, holding on to the s as it grew into the next word. "Sorry." "Dont be silly." She smiled, folding him into a quick hug. "You have nothing to be sorry for. So no more playing detective?" "Nope, promise." Well, that had been easy. "Done," Pip said, back in the kitchen. "I guess the missing pencil sharpener will forever remain a mystery." "Ah, maybe not," her mom said with a barely concealed smile. "I bet it was that Alex Davis, the little shit." Pip snorted. Her mom kicked Pips shoes out of her way. "So, have you heard from Ravi yet?" "Yeah." Pip pulled out her phone. "He said they finished about fifteen minutes ago. Hell be over to record soon." "OK. How was today?" "He said it was rough. I wish I could be there." Pip leaned against the counter, dropping her chin onto her knuckles. "You know you cant, you have school," her mom said. It wasnt a discussion she was prepared to have again; Pip knew that. "And didnt you have enough after Tuesday? I know I did." Tuesday, the first day of the trial at New Haven Superior Court, Pip had been called as a witness for the prosecution. Dressed in a new suit and a white shirt, trying to keep her hands from fidgeting so the jury wouldnt see. Sweat prickling down her back. And every second, shed felt his eyes on her from the defendants table, his gaze a physical thing, crawling over her exposed skin. Max Hastings. The one time she glanced at him, shed seen the smirk behind his eyes that no one else would see. Not behind those fake, clear-lens glasses, anyway. How dare he? How dare he stand up and plead not guilty when they both knew the truth? She had a recording, a phone conversation with Max admitting to drugging and raping Becca Bell. It was all right there. Max had confessed when Pip threatened to tell everyone his secrets: the hit-and-run and Sals alibi. But it hadnt mattered anyway; the private recording was inadmissible in court. The prosecution had to settle for Pips recounting of the conversation instead. Which shed done, word for word . . . well, apart from the beginning, of course, and those same secrets she had to keep to protect Naomi Ward. "Yeah, it was horrible," Pip said, "but I should still be there." She should; shed promised to follow this story to all of its ends. But instead, Ravi would be there every day in the public gallery, taking notes for her. Because school wasnt optional: so said her mom and the new principal. "Pip, please," her mom said in that warning voice. "This week is difficult enough as it is. And with the memorial tomorrow too. What a week." "Yep," Pip agreed with a sigh. "You OK?" Her mom paused, resting a hand on Pips shoulder. "Yeah. Im always OK." Her mom didnt quite believe her, she could tell. But it didnt matter because a moment later, there was a knock on the front door: Ravis distinctive pattern. Long-short-long. And Pips heart picked up to match it, as it always did. File Name: A Good Girls Guide to Murder: The Trial of Max Hastings (update 3).wav [Jingle plays] Pip: Hello, Pip Fitz-Amobi here and welcome back to A Good Girls Guide to Murder: The Trial of Max Hastings. This is the third update, so if you havent yet heard the first two mini-episodes, please go back and listen to those first. We are going to cover what happened today, the third day of Max Hastingss trial, and joining me is Ravi Singh . . . Ravi: Hello. Pip: . . . who has been watching the trial unfold from the public gallery. Today started with the testimony from another of the victims, Natalie da Silva. You may well recognize the name; Nat was involved in my investigation into the Andie Bell case. I learned that Andie had bullied Nat at school, and had even sought and distributed indecent images of her on social media. I believed it could be a possible motive and, for a while, I considered Nat a person of interest. I was entirely wrong, of course. Today, Nat appeared in New Haven Superior Court to give evidence about how, on February 21, 2014, she was allegedly drugged and sexually assaulted by Max Hastings at a calamity party. But as Ive explained before, due to Connecticuts ridiculous statute of limitations, Max cannot be charged for either rape or sexual assault because the alleged offenses happened more than five years ago in the cases of both Nat da Silva and Becca Bell. For these two victims, Max is instead being charged with kidnapping in the first degree, as the state has no statute of limitations for that crime. In Connecticut, the definition of kidnapping includes restraining someone with intent to inflict physical injury or sexual abuse and therefore the state attorney general recommended these charges instead. Of course, the whole thing is disgraceful, but I wont start on my feelings about the statute of limitations again. I think Ive previously made those very clear. So, Ravi, can you take us through how Nats testimony went? Ravi: Yeah. So the prosecutor asked Nat to establish a timeline of that evening: when she arrived at the party, the last instance she looked at the time before she began to feel incapacitated, what time she woke up in the morning and left the house. Nat said she has only a few hazy snatches of memory: someone leading her into the back room, away from the party, and laying her down on a sofa; her feeling paralyzed, unable to move, and then of someone lying down beside her. Other than that, she described herself as being blacked out. And then, when she woke up the next morning, she felt awful and dizzy, like it was the worst hangover shed ever had. Her clothes were in disarray and her underwear had been removed. Pip: And, to revisit what the prosecutions expert witness said on Tuesday about the effects of benzodiazepines like Rohypnol, Nats testimony is very much in line with what youd expect. The drug acts like a sedative and can have a depressant effect on the bodys central nervous system, which explains Nats feeling of being paralyzed. It feels almost like youre separa Details ISBN1984896407 Author Holly Jackson Short Title Good Girl, Bad Blood Pages 416 Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 1984896407 ISBN-13 9781984896407 Format Hardcover Imprint Delacorte Press Series Number 2 Publication Date 2021-03-02 Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2021-03-02 NZ Release Date 2021-03-02 US Release Date 2021-03-02 UK Release Date 2021-03-02 Publisher Random House USA Inc Series A Good Girls Guide To Murder Place of Publication New York Audience Age 14 Subtitle The Sequel to A Good Girls Guide to Murder DEWEY FIC Audience Teenage / Young adult We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:131327569;

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