What to read, watch, and listen to if you lovedA Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Series · 2024
If you loved A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, start with A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (Holly Jackson, 2021) — a book from the same story. Below: 4 books, 4 films and 2 podcasts, each matched to A Good Girl's Guide to Murder across media.
If you loved A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, you crave stories where amateur investigators relentlessly challenge official, flawed narratives.
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Books on the same thread
Not Quite Dead Yet
Holly Jackson · Book · 2025
Explores: Wealth and privilege, Family secrets, Countdown to disaster.
As the latest work from the author of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, this novel perfectly captures the same intense countdown to disaster and small-town conspiracy.
Good Bad Girl
Alice Feeney · Book · 2024
Explores: Multi-generational relationships, Secrets and lies, Nursing home.
Like the protagonists in A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, the characters here navigate a web of lies where nothing is as it appears on the surface.
I Have Some Questions for You
Rebecca Makkai · Book
Explores: unreliable narrator, memory and trauma, institutional secrets.
This story mirrors the investigative drive of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, focusing on a woman returning to a site of past trauma to uncover truth.
Third Girl
Agatha Christie · Book · 1987
Explores: Unreliable narrator, Psychological instability, London social strata.
Fans of the mystery structure in A Good Girl's Guide to Murder will appreciate this classic tale of a girl questioning her own involvement in a murder.
Films on the same thread
Gone Girl
David Fincher · Film · 2014
Explores: Marriage Breakdown, Media Manipulation, False Accusation.
The intense media scrutiny and false accusations that complicate the search for truth here reflect the high-stakes pressure found in A Good Girl's Guide to Murder.
Where the Crawdads Sing
Olivia Newman · Film · 2022
Explores: Isolation, Survival, Social Prejudice.
Much like the local suspicion faced in A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, this story follows a social outcast fighting to prove her innocence after a tragedy.
Sleeping Dogs
Adam Cooper · Film · 2024
Explores: Memory Loss, Redemption, Moral Ambiguity.
The obsession with revisiting a cold case to correct a past injustice will feel very familiar to anyone who followed Pippa's journey in A Good Girl's Guide to Murder.
Remarkably Bright Creatures
Olivia Newman · Film · 2026
Shares a thread with A Good Girl's Guide to Murder: Hidden secrets.
While softer in tone than A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, this mystery centers on the same desire to reveal hidden secrets that change a person's life.
Podcasts on the same thread
Who Killed Emma?
Podcast
Explores: Unsolved Murder, Police Investigation, Sexual Assault.
This investigative journalism narrative mirrors the relentless pursuit of justice that defines A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, focusing on a real-world miscarriage of justice.
CounterClock
Audiochuck · Podcast · 2025
Explores: unsolved homicide, seeking justice, historical mystery.
If you were captivated by the cold case investigation in A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, you will find this deep-dive into historical homicides equally compelling.
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Common questions
Is A Good Girl's Guide to Murder based on a book?
Yes, the 2024 television series A Good Girl's Guide to Murder is an adaptation of the 2021 novel of the same name. The source material follows the same central mystery regarding the death of schoolgirl Andie Bell and the investigation led by Pippa Fitz-Amobi.
What is the premise of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder?
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder follows Pippa Fitz-Amobi as she investigates the closed case of schoolgirl Andie Bell. While the police believe Andie's boyfriend Sal Singh committed the murder before taking his own life, Pippa teams up with Sal's brother, Ravi, to uncover the truth.
Does A Good Girl's Guide to Murder feature the same characters in the book and show?
Both the 2021 book and the 2024 television adaptation of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder feature Pippa Fitz-Amobi as the protagonist. Pippa investigates the death of Andie Bell alongside Ravi Singh, who is the brother of the primary suspect, Sal Singh.
Should I read the book before watching A Good Girl's Guide to Murder?
You can choose to read the 2021 book or watch the 2024 television series first. Both versions of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder cover the same mystery where Pippa Fitz-Amobi re-examines the death of Andie Bell and the guilt of Sal Singh.