Kill Joy: TikTok made me buy it! by Holly Jackson

Kill Joy: TikTok made me buy it! by Holly Jackson is a prequel novella that returns to where it all began for Pip, ahead of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, Good Girl, Bad Blood and As Good As Dead. It was previously published in 2021 as a World Book Day title, and the wider series is described as a TikTok sensation.

The source also notes that A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder is the winner of the British Book Awards’ Children’s Book of the Year 2020, a New York Times bestseller, and shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2020.

Key details

• Prequel novella featuring Pip
• By Holly Jackson
• Linked to A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, Good Girl, Bad Blood and As Good As Dead
• Previously published in 2021 as a World Book Day title
• Contains mature content for older readers

Synopsis

Pippa Fitz-Amobi is not in the mood for her friend’s murder mystery party, particularly one involving 1920s fancy dress and a game that turns their town, Little Kilton, into an island called Joy. Once it begins, Pip is pulled into a make-believe world of intrigue, deception and murder.

As she plays detective and works through the clues to identify the killer, the fictional death of Reginald Remy is not the only case on her mind. Warning: contains mature content, for older readers.