By: Abisola Dosunmu

‘A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder’ by Holly Jackson, is coming to the big screen as a television series soon. As of October 2023, there is still no set premiere date. It will be set to air on BBC Three.

So, what do we know so far? Well, the cast has been released. Emma Myers and Zain Iqbal are set to be playing the main characters, Pip and Ravi. The author of the series, Holly Jackson, is well aware of the casting choices for the characters, and has been enthusiastic about it, even speaking out on it, saying, “I am so unbelievably excited that Emma is our Pip. She is phenomenal and this role was truly always meant to be hers. And we found our perfect Ravi in Zain. I can’t wait for us all to be able to watch their scenes. I smile every time I see them together, because I know that we’ve pulled off the impossible, and Emma and Zain are the only two people I would trust to bring these characters to life. Everyone’s going to be just as thrilled as I am.”

So, what’s the book about? Pippa Fitz-Amobi is the 17-year-old protagonist in the book, reinvestigating the death of a beautiful teenage girl named Andie Bell, who was allegedly killed by her boyfriend Sal Singh five years ago in her quiet hometown. Ravi Singh is the younger brother of Sal, a member of a family still broken by their elder son’s death and presumed murder. Together, Pippa and Ravi, working together over a long cold case, work to solve the mystery that has divided their town, and with that, finally put Sal and Andies’ lives to rest. But secrets are too interwoven with each other in their tiny town, and time is running out. The mystery the readers must figure out is, are things really as they seem?

Some other details about the upcoming series is that it’s being filmed in the South West of England, and ‘A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder’ is the first in a trilogy, featuring two other books named, ‘Good Girl, Bad Blood’ and ‘As Good as Dead’.