Here comes a rather good entry in the not-always-great tradition of teen detective stories. A Good Girl's Guide To Murder , the latest young adult/teen hit on Netflix, follows in the footsteps of luminaries (aka "meddling kids") such as Nancy Drew, Veronica Mars, Enola Holmes, Velma and Daphne ..
. you get the idea. Its central character truly is a good girl in the eyes of family and friends, respectful of and respected by almost everyone.
But 17-year-old Pip Fitz-Amobi (Emma Myers, Wednesday 's werewolf roommate), on the verge of leaving school for university, is haunted by guilt from an incident dating back to when she was 12. And so, in the guise of an A-level qualification project, Pip decides to investigate a five-year-old murder-suicide that rocked the small (fictional) English town of Little Kilton. Popular, pretty Andie Bell (India Lillie Davies) was supposedly killed by her boyfriend Salil "Sal" Singh (Rahul Pattni), who then sent a text confession before taking his own life.
As it was early days yet in her sleuthing career, Pip still struggled with the fine art of looking inconspicuous. Local law enforcement and the community were quick to accept this "resolution", which never sat right with Pip. So she starts digging, enlisting any help that's forthcoming, including from Sal's brother Ravi (Zain Iqbal, solid as Pip's foil and anchor in his first starring role) who is initially reluctant but soon buys into her earnestness.
What they find goes beyond a "simple" frame-.