AS GOOD AS DEAD By Holly Jackson

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As Good as Dead by Holly Jackson
Series: A Good Girl's Guide to Murder #3
Published by Delacorte Press on 9/28/21
Genres: Mystery & Detective, Thrillers, Young Adult
Pages: 458
Format: Ebook
Source: Reviewer Purchase
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Pip is about to head to college, but she is still haunted by the way her last investigation ended. She’s used to online death threats in the wake of her viral true-crime podcast, but she can’t help noticing an anonymous person who keeps asking her: Who will look for you when you’re the one who disappears?

Soon the threats escalate and Pip realizes that someone is following her in real life. When she starts to find connections between her stalker and a local serial killer caught six years ago, she wonders if maybe the wrong man is behind bars.

Police refuse to act, so Pip has only one choice: find the suspect herself—or be the next victim. As the deadly game plays out, Pip discovers that everything in her small town is coming full circle . . .and if she doesn’t find the answers, this time she will be the one who disappears. . .

Short and Sweet Review

Pip is about to head to college but she’s still uneasy about how her last investigation ended. Having her own podcast, Pip is used to seeing threats but she’s paying attention to the one asking, “who will look for you when you’re the one who disappears.” Its apparent to Pip that she has a stalker and of course she’s going to investigate but she has to act fast because someone is out to get her.

In this book we see Pip kind of unraveling she still thinks about her last investigation and Stanley’s death kind of haunts her. So when she starts seeing the signs that someone is stalking her, the dead birds, the chalk drawings, and the strange emails, Pip wonders if she’s losing her mind. She sees a similarity in the way she’s being threatened and how a serial caught six years ago would operate but now Pip is trying to figure out if the wrong man is behind bars and if the actually serial killer is out and if she’ll be the next victim. This book has two parts, in the first part we see Pip dealing with her stalker and starting a new investigation, in the second part we see Pip try to get away with murder. I’ve read the first two books in this series and seeing as this is the last one, I have become very invested in Pip and her safety. Everything Pip has learned about true crime and murder becomes handy in this book because she has a murder to cover up. I love the characters and in this book everything comes around full circle we see characters from the first two books, and we see how everything fits together like a puzzle piece in this last book. I will say Pip had some amazing friends and an even better boyfriend. The bond between her and Ravi its amazing, he’s able to get her to think logically and he’s so caring and is willing to do anything to make sure she’s okay.

The plot in this book is amazing. I learned a lot from this book but I still don’t think I’d be able to get away with murder. Pip is an amazing character and she fights for what she believes in even if it puts her in harms way. I will definitely miss following Pip around on her investigations and reading from her podcast. This series has become one of my favorites and holds a special place in my heart!