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A Good Girl's Guide To Murder Author Is Breaking A Career Trend With Her New Thriller Book This July
The author of the best-selling thriller A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder is breaking a career trend with her upcoming July 2025 release. While the wait for A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder season 2 has been a long one, Holly Jackson’s upcoming book will give fans a great new story to enjoy.
Jackson’s A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder series focuses on high school sleuth Pippa “Pip” Fitz-Amobi as she looks for answers to an age-old mystery in her community. Though the series separates itself from most other slow-burn thriller books through a variety of factors, its thrilling adventure has continued to hold audience attention six years after the book’s publication.
Now Jackson is set to tackle another great mystery just in time for the summer. However, this one diverges from the author’s usual formula seen in A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, as she is set to drift outside the YA sphere and into the thrilling world of adult mysteries.
A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder Author Holly Jackson Is Releasing Her First Adult Thriller In July
Jackson’s New Novel Is Set To Be Released On July 22, 2025
Jackson is set to release her first adult thriller novel in July after her success with A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, and fans are already buzzing about it. As mentioned, Jackson’s YA series found a lot of success back when it was first published, getting picked up for a Netflix adaptation back in 2022 and getting renewed right after season 1 dropped.
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However, Jackson’s new book, Not Quite Dead Yet, is set to be an exciting shift for her as she enters the adult thriller space. The 2025 thriller book is getting positive early Goodreads reviews, making the lead-up to its release that much more exciting. And the novel’s premise is a big reason for the hype; it may even be better than A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder‘s concept.
Not Quite Dead Yet Sounds Like One Of The Best Beach Reads For Summer 2025
The Book’s Unique Premise & Jackson’s Writing Will Make It An Intriguing Read
Not Quite Dead Yet seems like it will both be a perfect replacement for A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder and a great book for thriller readers in summer 2025. The novel tells the story of Jet, whose sheltered, quiet life is brutally interrupted by a violent attack from a mysterious figure.
Jackson seems to be set to go in a darker and even more fascinating direction here.
Suffering a catastrophic head injury that is set to kill her in seven days, Jet sets out to unravel the mystery of her own murder before it is too late. Just like with A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, the unique premise stands out, adding this to the list of perfect beach reads for summer 2025.
Jackson balances lighter and darker tones in her YA mysteries very well, examining complex themes alongside the trials of high school and growing up. Jackson seems to be set to go in a darker and even more fascinating direction here, though, potentially setting her adult work apart from A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder and her other YA thrillers.
