A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder is a young adult mystery by Holly Jackson, first published in the UK by Electric Monkey in May 2019. A teenager reinvestigates a closed local murder case she believes police got wrong. It won a 2020 British Book Award and was adapted for BBC television in 2024.
- Editions tracked
- 4
- First edition
- Electric Monkey, 2019
- First published
- Electric Monkey, United Kingdom, 2019
The first edition of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson was published in Ember New York by Electric Monkey in 2019. We track 4 editions.
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First edition
- 1st Electric Monkey2019 Other I own A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, Electric Monkey 2019 Log in to want this
Special editions
- Electric Monkey2023Electric Monkey collector's edition · Sprayed edges Hardback I own A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, Electric Monkey 2023 Log in to want this
- Delacorte Press2025Delacorte deluxe edition · Sprayed edges Hardback I own A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, Delacorte Press 2025 Log in to want this
Later and other editions
- Delacorte Press2019 Hardback I own A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, Delacorte Press 2019 Log in to want this
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Awards, adaptations and setting
In print
- Editions recorded
- 38 on Open Library, 12 in English
From Wikidata and Open Library, both CC0. A prize or a new adaptation often lifts demand for the first printing.
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Who published the first edition of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder?
The first edition of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson was published in Ember New York by Electric Monkey in 2019.
How many editions of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder are there?
We track 4 editions of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Where these facts come from
- A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Holly Jackson, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
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