What book is A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (2024) based on?
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, book 1 of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, by Holly Jackson.
The book behind A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
2019 · book 1 of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder · by Holly Jackson
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Should you read it first?
Series 1 covers the first novel's events in six episodes. Read the book alongside it to see which scenes the show changes, moves or drops.
Book vs series
- The US edition moves the story from Little Kilton to Fairview; the series keeps the English town of Little Kilton.
- In the book Pip's family is warm and picture-perfect; in the series they resist her investigation.
- The series makes Pip sharper and more composed than the novel's naive version, per a 2024 ELLE comparison.
Show the big differences (spoilers)
In the book, the final duel is in the woods behind Becca's family home; in the series it takes place inside the underground labyrinth where the calamity parties are held.
Which book is each season based on?
| Season | Book |
|---|---|
| Season 1 (2024) | A Good Girl's Guide to Murder · first novel; six episodes |
What to read next
Good Girl, Bad Blood (2020). Series 2, from May 2026, adapts it.
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder in order
- 1A Good Girl's Guide to Murder 2019
- 2Good Girl, Bad Blood 2020
- 3As Good as Dead 2021
- 4Kill Joy 2021