As Good as Dead: The Finale to A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

By Holly Jackson

THE MUST-READ MULTIMILLION BESTSELLING MYSTERY SERIESA GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO MURDER NOW ON NETFLIX! • The final book in the series that reads like your favorite true crime podcast or show. By the end, you'll never think of good girls the same way again...

Pip is about to head to college, but she is still haunted by the way her last investigation ended. She’s used to online death threats in the wake of her viral true-crime podcast, but she can’t help noticing an anonymous person who keeps asking her: Who will look for you when you’re the one who disappears?

Soon the threats escalate and Pip realizes that someone is following her in real life. When she starts to find connections between her stalker and a local serial killer caught six years ago, she wonders if maybe the wrong man is behind bars.

Police refuse to act, so Pip has only one choice: find the suspect herself—or be the next victim. As the deadly game plays out, Pip discovers that everything in her small town is coming full circle . . .and if she doesn’t find the answers, this time she will be the one who disappears. . .

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A GOOD GIRL’S GUIDE TO MURDER • GOOD GIRL, BAD BLOOD • AS GOOD AS DEAD

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Published Jan 31, 2023

480 pages

Average rating: 7.82

407 RATINGS

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Readers say *As Good as Dead* delivers a gripping, intense finale that turns the series on its head with dark, morally complex themes. Many praise Hol...

Sarah Habeeb
Dec 30, 2025
6/10 stars
Very intense - Pip’s downward spiral though was well done and considering what she has been through!
jpubs
Feb 02, 2025
10/10 stars
This was by far the best book in the series, just when you think you know what's going to happen, you're wrong.
Lyndsey Ercan
Dec 12, 2024
8/10 stars
Definitely the best out of the series
Princessjm216
Feb 12, 2023
8/10 stars
This was great don’t get me wrong but it’s also a beast of a book with a shit ton of twists. It also gets super dark so be warned that if you get easily spooked and the last two books we’re pushing it you might want to stay away from this one. Otherwise, join pip on her journey!
Cindy Huskey
Jul 25, 2026
8/10 stars
Apparently I enjoy having my soul yanked out, stomped on, and handed back to me with a polite “good luck processing that.”

Listen. I finished this book and immediately stared at my wall like I was waiting for it to explain the ending to me. Someone please DM me. Seriously. Did I like the ending? Did I hate it? Am I unwell? Yes. All of the above. (If you know, you know.)

Pip, our anxious overachiever with a podcast addiction, is back—and this time the threats are real, the danger is loud, and the police are as helpful as a wet paper towel. She’s being stalked, she’s spiraling, and she’s connecting dots I didn’t even know existed. And then things escalate in a way that made me whisper “oh no” and also “oh YES” at the same time.

Is it chaotic? Absolutely. Did I question every single character? Also yes. Did I keep reading at 2am like my life depended on it? Obviously. Because this finale turns the entire series on its head and then yeets it into morally gray territory where Pip has been teetering all along.

It’s intense, gripping, and the kind of ending you immediately want to discuss with strangers on the internet. It may not be the finale we wanted, but it’s definitely the one that has me thinking about good girls, bad decisions, and the questionable ethics of crime podcasts.

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