I fell in love with this series since the very first page of A Good Girls Guide to Murder, so I just knew I would have to pick this one up. I love this as I suspected and they twist in this book! OMG I totally was not expecting that.

I love Pip, throughout the trilogy we see her go from a 'good girl' to essentially a morally grey character and I love it. Her character development was amazing and we see her battling ptsd in this book which made me so proud of her. Ravi just went from perfect to beyond perfect in this book.

This is absolutely one of my favorite series.

Jackson continues to blow me away with her compelling plots and realistic but lovable characters. This installment in the series took a turn that I was not expecting at all, but WOW, it had me anxious. As the last book in the AGGGTM series, this was dark. It followed appropriately from the ending of Good Girl, Bad Blood. This was a 4.5 stars for me. The only reason that I took off a half star was some issues I found with pacing, but they were minuscule. Although I'm sad to see this series end, I'm thankful to have this series and will likely revisit it in the future. I can;t wait to see what else Holly Jackson has up her sleeve.

Pip is suffering from trauma from witnessing a murder in the previous book and finding strange chalk drawings and dead birds outside her house along with a threat isn't helping things especially when the police don't take her seriously. Pip is able to connect her stalker to a serial killer but he pled guilty and is behind bars. This the third book in the series and is much more suspenseful that the previous books and is much darker as well.

I have. . . a lot of thoughts on this book and I think a lot of people will. I loved the darker turn this book took, but it definitely made me question things a lot.

I was SO excited to read this book, but I made myself slow down and reread A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder and Good Girl, Bad Blood before I dove in — reading all three books one right after the other and seeing the tangled webs running through them all was amazing and extremely heartbreaking. The Pip in AGGGTM is not the same Pip by the end of As Good As Dead. The way Holly Jackson depicts Pip’s personal growth and relationships after the trauma of everything she experienced in books one and two was so perfect.

No spoilers, but there were a whole lot of OH MY GOD WHAAAAT?!? moments in this book, and I loved every dark, messed up second of it. Realistic - no. Fantastically entertaining and emotional and smart - 100% yes. And Ravi (insert heart eyes here).

I love this series and the characters and think it ended perfectly. I cannot *wait* to see what Holly Jackson comes up with next.

(Review will be posted on IG closer to pub date)

Pip is back in action! This series grabbed my attention from the very first chapter of the first book, and I was so eager to dive into this latest adventure in Pip's life of solving crime.

This time Pip quickly realizes that she is the target of someone's evil intentions, and she races against the clock to find the perpetrator before he comes for her. What you think is going to be the climax and main event of the novel actually comes a little more than halfway through. I noted this with interested wondering what could possibly make up the second half.

What follows is a twisty heart-pounding scenario that sees Pip, Ravi, and their close circle of friends blur the lines between right and wrong. This story keeps you short of breath until the very last page, and it was a wonderful installment in Holly Jackson's A Good Girl's Guide To Murder series.

Endings are hard! I think that this was a good end to the series but was a little bit of a stretch for me. The characters felt the same and I was still invested but wondered how realistic this really was.

I was hooked by this series soon as I started the first book last year, and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed all three books in the series but this one may be my favorite. As Good as Dead is a lot darker than the previous books, but I personally loved that because it made the book even more gripping and captivating.
This book will definitely have you stressed out by some of the events and the choices made, but that’s what makes it so impossible to put down. The whole series is so intricately plotted, but this book in particular makes you question the events from the previous books as everything begins to come full circle. I was genuinely shocked by every twist and turn. One of the most commendable aspects of this book is that you can really tell how much research the author did to make it as scientifically/forensically accurate as possible, which I really appreciated.
I never really enjoyed mystery/thriller novels until I started this series and I'm so happy that it has continued to live up to expectations.

The final book in A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series starts with a question-Who will look for you when you disappear?
Once again Pip Fitz-Amobi finds herself in the middle of a mystery. Only this time, she may turn out to be the victim.
I felt this book was darker than the previous 2. Pip's mental health is suffering and you're right there with her for the ride. Definitely a heart pounding conclusion to the series that brings everything full circle. I would recommend to more mature YA readers.
Thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for a chance to read for review.

This final book in the series definitely took me by surprise and although it wasn’t my favorite of the series, I still found myself not being able to put it down until I finished it. As Good As Dead took a darker turn that I wasn’t expecting, but made sense after hearing Pip’s thoughts throughout the book. Having gone through what she did in the previous book changed her outlook on life and it made her an interesting character. I still loved her and Ravi’s relationship, but missed her interactions with her friends. I definitely recommend this book to everyone who has read the series and look forward to reading other reviews!

Holly Jackson brings up back into Pip Fitz-Amobi's world, and it's a different world than readers have experienced in her other two books. Pip is still reeling from her last case, and she's struggling with the outcome. And now she's receiving threatening emails, weird occurrences at her house, and warnings. She must solve a case to save herself. This book takes a turn about halfway in, but I beg readers to stick with it.

Thank you to NetGalley and Random House Children's for the e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

“Who will look for you when you’re the one who disappears?”
Pip has been receiving this anonymous message and finding evidence of having a stalker. These threats soon escalate into something more serious as Pip makes connections between her stalker and a local serial killer. Pip decides to solve one last mystery. Save herself to save herself.

This book was so good! I loved how everything is connected so intricately and comes full circle in the craziest way.
One thing I really love about this book (and agggtm in general) is the graphics! I love being able to visualize the maps, the lists, the interviews and boards. It makes for an in-depth and unique reading experience.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I love Pip. Her character really shows in this book and how she’s been shaped by recent events. Her character is so well written and one of the most realistic that I’ve ever read.

As Good As Dead is the perfect thrilling ending for the A Good Girls Guide to Murder series. I desperately want to reread the first books now.

Content warnings: drugs, blood, mentions of r*pe, PTSD, death, murder, dead bodies.

5 stars

As Good As Dead is a dark conclusion to my favorite YA mystery series. Out of the three books, this one took the longest to get into and finish because of the dark content. As a lot of reviewers have pointed out, it's definitely different than the others. Our main character named Pip is suffering with PTSD and essentially spirals out of control throughout the entire book. Many of the characters (especially Pip) make some questionable decisions as a result of things that had happened in the previous books. While I didn't necessarily love the big surprise in the book (no spoilers), it made for a compelling read. Throughout the series, I've always liked Pip, her partnership with Ravi, and how much she cares about solving crimes to unresolved cases in her town. I have really enjoyed Holly Jackson's writing and these books so I can't wait for what's next! Thanks NetGalley for this digital copy!

Thank you Netgalley for the arc! Holly Jackson continues to write amazing thriller and mystery books for Young Adult readers! She doesn't disappoint.

“Pip didn’t know anymore about good or bad or right or wrong; those words were meaningless and empty. But she knew this was what she had to do.”
— 𝘼𝙨 𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝘼𝙨 𝘿𝙚𝙖𝙙, Holly Jackson

Rating: ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️/5

Y’all. This book was the craziest 🤯 easily the best book of the AGGGTM series.

I know it’s already out in the UK, but I don’t want to spoil it for my North American followers before it releases next month. Damn, though. Pip takes her knowledge and sleuthing skills to a whole new level in this one. The case she’s working on hits a lot closer to home than she would like, as in.. she is the case. And the way it all plays out is absolutely mind-blowing. Jackson really outdid herself this one. Such a fitting finale to an absolutely incredible series. If you haven’t read these books yet, I HIGHLY recommend you do so. They’re YA, but so mature, well-researched, twisty, creepy, and so so so good.

𝕋𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕜 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕦𝕓𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕙𝕖𝕣, 𝕒𝕦𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕣, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 ℕ𝕖𝕥𝕘𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕪 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔸ℝℂ 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕡𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕦𝕟𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕣𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕨 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕓𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕡𝕦𝕓𝕝𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟!

This book... this book BROKE ME.

Mild spoilers ahead for the general early plot of this book. I will NOT be spoiling anything further. As is Holly Jackson's specialty, I never saw it coming.

In the previous installment in this series, Good Girl, Bad Blood, we left Pip in a dark, deeply distressed state. She'd just witnessed the death of Stanley, a reporter who was revealed to be the child of a serial killer (one who'd been roped into helping lead kids to their death), by the hands of Charlie Green, a sibling of one of those murdered children. It was brutal and hard to read, and a shock to me that what started as a teen detective series went completely further than I'd ever expect it could go.

In As Good As Dead, Pip is also broken. She's suffering from PTSD and an addiction to Xanax because she can't sleep. She's plagued by a now broken moral compass. Pip struggles to reconcile the knowledge that Stanley as a child had no choice in helping his father, and the justice Charlie sought in killing Stanley to avenge his sister. Pip can't wrap her head around how both can be true, and struggles with the grayness of the scenario. This is escalated by the Max Hastings case, which unfortunately ruled in his favor - as many real-life rape and sexual assault cases do - and lead to Max getting off free. Even worse, he is now SUING PIP for damages, including libel (re: her podcast and final tweet post-verdict), which makes her even angrier.

The Pip we meet in this book is enraged. Disgusted. Questioning. Guilty. Grieving. To look back at how she started (which the book does often), it's been a dark and perilous journey. And this book only gets darker with the inclusion of Pip's newest case: the DT serial killer. Pip is involved in the case before she knows it. What starts with seemingly harmless anon tweets and emails turns into stalking, including creepy chalk drawings and dead pigeons at her door. But when the stalking escalates into voiceless phone calls and direct attacks, Pip realizes she is meant to be the DT killer's sixth victim. And she'll do whatever she can to stop the killer, save herself, and absolve the hurt she's caused others.

Ultimately, that dilemma remains Pip's central conflict throughout the entire series. Pip believes in justice and doing whatever she can to find it. But each book leaves her plagued with despair, guilt, and grief over the pain she's caused her loved ones because of her work on those cases. This book brings that to the next level, and it's gut-wrenching to see how much Pip's mental and emotional states have deteriorated in the span of the previous two books.

Holly, once again, writes a fantastic book I couldn't put down. It felt very full circle for the series, and I think this was the right way to conclude Pip's story. (Though I could ABSOLUTELY see an adult version of Pip return someday; teen Pip, however, feels very complete in this arc). I'm still processing my feelings on it. I'm pretty much only docking a star because the first half of the book felt very easy and transparent to me as far as the mystery. But the second half is where it goes completely off the rails, and where I spent most of the book in sheer panic over what would happen next.

I'm truly obsessed with this series. I will absolutely read whatever Holly Jackson writes next! And I will continue to yell from the rooftops for anyone who loves mystery/crime to read these books - I can't imagine you'll be disappointed.

I love this trilogy so much. Especially as the popularity of true crime continues to rise, having a teen fiction “true crime” book is intriguing to students and encourages them to continue into the series.

This was not good. Pip lost all her character development and was a completely different person the entire book. More than that, this book just wasn’t necessary at all. It tied some things together but mostly it was just word vomit and dumb. And I know the last two books were far fetched but this one was just SO ridiculous and not enjoyable because of that.

Summary from Goodreads:

Pip Fitz-Amobi is haunted by the way her last investigation ended. Soon she’ll be leaving for Cambridge University but then another case finds her . . . and this time it’s all about Pip.

Pip is used to online death threats, but there’s one that catches her eye, someone who keeps asking: who will look for you when you’re the one who disappears? And it’s not just online. Pip has a stalker who knows where she lives. The police refuse to act and then Pip finds connections between her stalker and a local serial killer. The killer has been in prison for six years, but Pip suspects that the wrong man is behind bars. As the deadly game plays out, Pip realizes that everything in Little Kilton is finally coming full circle. If Pip doesn’t find the answers, this time she will be the one who disappears . . .

After the events of book 2, Pip has a very bad case of PTSD. It’s so hard to see a character we’ve loved through 2 books go through all of that. She hears gunshots, feels blood on her hands, can’t sleep and is just is dealing with tons of physical and mental effects of everything she experienced. She’s attempting to handle it herself and hiding her struggles from her loved ones. It’s really difficult to read, because she is very loved and everyone would be more than willing to help. The way she’s acting and coping is realistic, but it’s just so very sad that she’s dealing with this alone.

It was hard to see a character that I love break down and change before my eyes. It seemed like her entire personality and core beliefs changed, which was very disappointing. She became the kind of person that was hard to root for with some choices she made. This series is about a smart and inquisitive kid who keeps a decent attitude about things and doesn’t take no for an answer and book 3 takes all those traits about her, twists them, and uses them in such an odd way. I felt that Ravi was almost too complicit and the story just kept getting more and more hard to believe. I kept thinking there would be some sort of satisfying change of storyline, but sadly this was not the case.

I did like the deep connections there were between this book and the previous two. Like book 2, some big players come back again. Pip and Ravi's banter was evocative of the first two books and was really cute and I liked how Pip considered Ravi as a cornerstone of everything good in the world. I think my biggest issue with this book is how drastically dark it got really quickly. I loved this series because it was a YA murder mystery. This book though, wow was it dark. Still YA but definitely not as ‘young’ as the other books were. I personally would have been happier thinking the story ended with book 2. Thank you to NetGalley and Random House Children's for the e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I have read all in this series and was surprised at this one. I had to suspend all my disbelief to be able to read it. But it was well thought-out, well written, and by the end, I thought--possibly. It was longer than the others, so readers will have to commit. However, all my students who love Holly Jackson will devour it quickly!