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Kill Joy

After Dark
Brief Description
A stunning new edition of the prequel novella to the bestselling, award-winning A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder series. Now a major BBC and Netflix series! A stunning exclusive edition of this YA crime thriller sensation, with a striking new cover design and black sprayed edges.... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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A stunning new edition of the prequel novella to the bestselling, award-winning A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder series. Now a major BBC and Netflix series!

A striking, collectable new edition of the iconic bestselling young adult thriller, new for 2026

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A stunning new edition of the prequel novella to the bestselling, award-winning A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder series. Now a major BBC and Netflix series!

A stunning exclusive edition of this YA crime thriller sensation, with a striking new cover design and black sprayed edges.

Pippa Fitz-Amobi is not in the mood for her friend’s murder mystery party. But when the game begins, Pip finds herself drawn into the make-believe world of intrigue, deception and murder.

As Pip plays detective, teasing out the identity of the killer clue-by-clue, the murder of the fictional Reginald Remy isn’t the only case on her mind …

All the books in the AGGGTM series:

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder

Good Girl, Bad Blood

As Good as Dead

Kill Joy

Stand alone YA thrillers from Holly Jackson:

Five Survive

The Reappearance of Rachel Price

Series: A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780008826406

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 16 July 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Electric Monkey

Edition: After Dark edition

Audience: Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 120g

Pages: 176

About the Author

Holly Jackson is the international bestselling, award-winning author of the YA crime series: A GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO MURDER, which has sold over ten million copies worldwide and is now a major TV series. Don’t miss her bestselling standalone novels FIVE SURVIVE and THE REAPPEARANCE OF RACHEL PRICE

Follow Holly on TikTok @hojax92 and Instagram @HoJay92

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