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Kill Joy

Kill Joy

NovellaYoung AdultMystery
Pages
176
Published
2021
Language
English

Synopsis

Seventeen-year-old Pip Fitz-Amobi is not in the mood for her friend's murder mystery party, a 1920s-themed dinner where each guest is assigned a role and three hours to solve the fictional murder of a wealthy man named Reginald Remy. Set before the case that will define her, this short prequel to A Good Girl's Guide to Murder follows Pip as she gets pulled deeper into the game than she expects, sharpening the instincts she will later need for a real investigation.

Prose complexity
1/10

Vibe

MysteriousLighthearted
Locked Room

Genres

Young Adult Mystery Crime

About the author

H
Holly Jackson

Holly Jackson is a British writer of young adult crime fiction, born in 1992 and raised in Buckinghamshire, England. She finished a first attempt at a novel at fifteen, and studied literary linguistics and creative writing at the University of Nottingham, where she also took a master's degree in English. Her debut, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (2019), was followed by Good Girl, Bad Blood (2020), As Good As Dead (2021) and the prequel novella Kill Joy, and was adapted for television by the BBC i...

Characters

Pippa Fitz-AmobiProtagonist

Amateur teenage investigator drawn into a friend's murder-mystery party game.

Cara WardSupporting

Pip's best friend, and the host/organiser of the murder-mystery party at the centre of the novella.

Connor ReynoldsSupporting

One of the friend group at the party, hosted at his house.

Ravi SinghCameo

Sal Singh's younger brother; a brief sighting the night of the party plants the seed for the case Pip later chooses to investigate.

All characters in Kill Joy

Frequently asked questions

  • Where does this book fit into the A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series?

    This novella serves as a prequel that takes place before the events of the main trilogy, offering a glimpse into the protagonist's early interest in investigative work through a fictional murder mystery game.

  • Do I need to read this before starting the main series?

    It is not required reading for the main storyline, as the events within the novella do not impact the plot of the trilogy, though it provides additional context for the protagonist's character development.

  • Is this a full-length novel?

    This book is a short novella, originally released as a World Book Day title, and is significantly shorter than the novels in the main series.

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