Netflix’s ‘A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder’ Grows Into a Dark, Twisted Delight: TV Review
variety.comAramide Tinubu From “13 Reasons Why” to “Cruel Summer” to the various incarnations of “Pretty Little Liars,” mysteries centering on teen girls have carved out a distinct lane in the television landscape. “A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder,” based on the first book in the bestselling novel series by Holly Jackson, is the latest mystery thriller to examine rage, obsession and sexual assault from a young person’s perspective.
The series, which was adapted by Poppy Cogan and directed by Dolly Wells, opens in 2019 on a dark road in the tiny English town of Little Kilton.
Andie Bell (India Lillie Davies), 17, stumbles down the street. In close-up, a gushing wound on the back of her head is visible, and this will be the last time she’s seen alive.
Five years later, the audience meets Pippa “Pip” Fitz-Amobi (a delightful Emma Myers). As her final year of high school approaches, Pip decides to focus her senior project on solving Andie’s disappearance and presumed murder.
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