As Good As Dead

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder consists of three books covering three seasons of Pip Fitz-Amobi’s true crime podcasts. Each season investigates a different mystery, which are all intertwined in a way that doesn’t become apparent until late in the third book. For that reason, understanding the interplay of victims and villains is critical to understanding the series as a whole and its overarching theme of Justice Denied.

Book One: A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder

Pip begins her adventures in true crime podcasting with a senior high school project that quickly pulls her into the dark underside of her seemingly innocent small-town community. She investigates a cold case involving the disappearance of high school student Andie Bell. Her boyfriend, Sal Singh, later apparently commits suicide and leaves behind a written confession that he killed Andie.

In reality, Andie was having an affair with high school teacher Elliot Ward. They quarrel in his office, where she falls and bumps her head. Afterward, she staggers home, suffering from a serious brain injury. Her younger sister, Becca, confronts Andie about selling drugs to date-rapist Max Hastings and is so upset about having just survived a rape that she fails to note her sister dying.