A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

Five years ago, a tragic murder-suicide rocked the small town of Little Kilton, Buckinghamshire when popular schoolgirl Andie Bell was brutally murdered and her boyfriend, Sal Singh, was accused before seemingly taking his own life. While at first Sal was just a person of interest, he later became named the killer because of a confession text he allegedly sent. But seventeen-year-old Pippa is convinced that the real killer is still out there. She befriends Sal's younger brother, Ravi, and launches an investigation under the disguise of a school project. Unfortunately for Pip, each interrogation puts Pip in greater danger, yet she still persists. She finds evidence that Andie was selling drugs to students, including Max Hastings, and was having an affair with Mr. Ward, history teacher and father of Cara Ward, Pippa's longstanding best friend.Pippa finds out Mr. Ward pushed Andie into a desk in a moment of fury. When Andie went missing, Mr. Ward thought he had killed her, so he framed Sal and murdered him while making it look like a suicide. A few days later, Mr. Ward saw a girl walking through the street and mistook her for Andie. Pippa discovers that the girl wasn't Andie, but a girl that looked like Andie. Becca, Andie's sister, confesses that Max Hastings had drugged and raped her - with rohypnol sold to him by Andie. In anger, Becca pushed Andie, who fell, convulsed and died. While still in shock, Becca takes Andie's body and hides it in an old septic tank in a farmhouse near Pip's home. When Pip learns of the truth and goes to confront Becca, she is drugged with rohypnol and Becca tries to choke her to death. That doesn't happen as Ravi comes to save her. Pip later finds out that Becca killed her dog by accident and that she was in charge of the death threats she received that were quite violent and literal. The truth is told and Sal is declared innocent. The final verdict on the tragedy is that there were 5 people in charge of this double homicide; Elliot Ward, Becca Bell, Max Hastings, Howie Bowers- Andie's drug dealer, Jason Bell- Andie and Beccas' dad. Even though it is said to have been just Elliot Ward due to his actions against her, it is actually a number of people who - in a way- worked together to make it.Pippa later launches a podcast named, A Good Girl's Guide To Murder, where she talks about the truth of what happened and makes updates on Max's trials.