Cover of As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #3)

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #3

As Good As Dead

by Holly Jackson


Genre
Young Adult, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Year
2021
Pages
504
Contents

Nineteen

Overview

Pip interviews Harriet Hunter, confirming eerie pre-murder signs around Julia: dead pigeons, chalk figures, and multiple silent blocked calls. Harriet reveals Andie Bell secretly reached out via an obscure email and became her confidante. These links deepen Pip’s theory of a stalker pattern and hint at a hidden facet of Andie’s life.

Summary

Pip meets Harriet Hunter at a crowded Starbucks to record an interview about Julia Hunter’s murder by the DT Killer. Harriet signs consent and recalls a press statement she gave in 2012 mentioning odd events before Julia’s death.

Prompted by Pip, Harriet details two dead pigeons brought into the house and chalk stick figures drawn near their driveway. She never saw either herself, but Julia did and found them unsettling. Harriet also recalls at least three blocked, silent calls to Julia that same week.

Pip probes Julia’s relationships; Harriet says Julia was single, with no known dating activity. Then Harriet mentions Andie Bell had contacted her weeks after Julia’s death, first by email, then through weekly calls and meetups, supporting Harriet through her grief.

Harriet shows Pip the initial emails from the obscure address A2B3LK94@gmail.com, including a message where Andie signed off with “HH,” Harriet’s initials. Pip notes the email’s secretive nature and the unexpected Andie–Harriet connection, linking two cases.

As time runs out, Pip plans a follow-up interview. She resolves to pursue contact with the DT Killer and leaves with a new lead: Andie’s hidden email and friendship suggest an undisclosed chapter in Andie’s life, reinforcing the pattern of stalking signs preceding DT’s attacks.

Who Appears

  • Pip Fitz-Amobi
    Interviews Harriet, confirms pre-murder signs and blocked calls, discovers Andie secretly befriended Harriet via a cryptic email.
  • Harriet Hunter
    Julia Hunter’s sister; recalls dead pigeons, chalk figures, silent calls, and reveals Andie’s supportive, secretive contact.
  • Andie Bell
    Posthumously revealed to have secretly emailed and met Harriet, suggesting a hidden, intentional outreach.
  • Julia Hunter
    DT Killer’s victim; experienced dead pigeons, chalk figures, and multiple blocked calls before her murder.
  • Billy Karras (DT Killer)
    Referenced as the convicted killer; Pip weighs contacting him and patterns of possible pre-crime stalking.
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