New Reader: Ages 16–18 Mystery, cold cases and small-town lies

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Genre guide · 7 books

About this reading path

Start with Sadie's podcast-style mystery. Then read the original Truly Devious case across three books and Pip's full Good Girl's Guide to Murder trilogy. For readers who keep asking what everyone has left out.

Reading guide

A little guidance for each book, and where it might take you next.

  1. 01. Sadie

    Courtney Summers

    One-book stop. Take a darker road trip, following a girl searching for the man who killed her sister.

    Next: Truly Devious

  2. 02. Truly Devious

    Maureen Johnson

    The original Truly Devious case, 1 of 3. Join a young detective at a boarding school with an old kidnapping to investigate.

    Next: The Vanishing Stair

  3. 03. The Vanishing Stair

    Maureen Johnson

    The original Truly Devious case, 2 of 3. Keep investigating Ellingham's secrets, watching how an old mystery affects the students living with it now.

    Next: The Hand on the Wall

  4. 04. The Hand on the Wall

    Maureen Johnson

    The original Truly Devious case, 3 of 3. Complete the initial Truly Devious trilogy by drawing its past and present investigations together.

    Next: A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

  5. 05. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

    Holly Jackson

    A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, 1 of 3. Follow a student who does not accept the official answer to a local murder.

    Next: Good Girl, Bad Blood

  6. 06. Good Girl, Bad Blood

    Holly Jackson

    A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, 2 of 3. Return to Pip's investigations and consider what changes when asking questions is no longer just a school project.

    Next: As Good as Dead

  7. 07. As Good as Dead

    Holly Jackson

    A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, 3 of 3. Finish Pip's trilogy with the personal cost of pursuing answers beside the satisfaction of solving a case.

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