A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder

by Holly Jackson

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder: Chapter 31 Summary & Analysis

Summary
Analysis
Pip goes to visit Becca at the newspaper where she interns. She sees Stanley by the door, but Stanley doesn’t recognize Pip because they didn’t speak in person. She finds Becca and tells her they need to go speak in private about something important. Pip breaks the news that Andie was selling drugs. Becca doesn’t believe her.
Becca’s role interning at the newspaper seems to suggest that she has gotten her life together after the disappearance of Andie. This briefly raises the question of whether Pip should keep pursuing her investigation, given the consequences it could have on the life of someone like Becca.
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Pip asks if anyone could’ve broken into the Bell house to remove Andie’s evidence before the police got to search it. Becca mentions that Daniel was sometimes around the house because he was close with Jason. Daniel was also one of the first officers to search the house.
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