Review: The Good Girl's Guide to Murder

The Good Girl's Guide to Murder Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB
Susan McBride
Class/Genre: Mystery Woman Main Character Amateur Sleuth
Series: Debutante Dropout Mystery # 2
Avon, Paperback, 1/05, 368 pages, $6.99

Andy Kendricks is a debutant dropout. She missed her own coming out party and went to art school. Now Andy manages websites for non-profit organizations. It’s not like she needs money. And she believes in their causes.

But Cissy, her mother, talks her into working for her dear friend Marilee Mabry. It’s supposed to be a short-term job. Marilee has gone through six webmasters already. Marilee is a Martha Stewart type and has a home show coming to TV. Marilee invites her ex-husband and his wife to the party celebrating her new show. A cat fight ensues between the two women in which one woman’s hair is set on fire. Then the sprinklers go off. Andy heads to Marilee’s office to turn off the live feeds she’d set up for the website. On her way the lights go off. She finally stumbles into the office and stumbles across Marilee’s daughter, Kendall, on the floor of the bathroom. Andy knows she must get help. She hears sirens with help arriving, but can she get back out to them in the dark in time?

Marilee’s personal trainer and boy toy, Justin, finally admits to the dr. that he had been giving Kendall herbs. Kendall and Justin have a past as well. It is determined that the herbs were harmful to Kendall.

When a murder is discovered, Andy investigates to find the killer to protect Kendall whom she has befriended. Andy finds many skeletons in the closet, but can she figure out who the real killer is and the motive in time?

I always enjoy books in this series. Andy is so down to earth, and her mother is such high society. Yet, they go well together in this book. In this book Marilee is so well crafted, she’s a trip. She is your typical A type personality and feels everyone must do what she says. Andy is always the calming factor, but she has many wild adventures as well. I highly recommend this book.

Reprinted with permission. Do Not repost without permission from the author, Dawn Dowdle

Book Review: The Good Girl's Guide to Murder