Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
Release Date: March 21, 2023
Publisher: Disney Hyperion
Source: Publisher
Genre: Young Adult / Thrillers & Suspense
A Good Girls Guide to Murder meets Hitchcock in this novelfrom
celebrated author Gretchen McNeil. A mundane office job takes a dark
turn when a girl witnesses a double murder through the window.
Being
an actress, Kate is no stranger to drama. And when her chance at a
leading role gets cancelled, she is willing to do whatever it takes to
get her acting career back on track even if that means getting a boring
office job at her best friend's father's law firm so she can prove to
her parents she can to support herself rather than go back to high
school. Now, rather than living life on the big screen, she is stuck
filing mundane contracts and watching the people in the office across
from hers live their equally boring lives.
But when Kate sees
things heat up between a woman and her assistant, her new source of
entertainment take a turn for the worse when she witnesses a double
murder. Now, she must get anyone to believe her and find out who this
mystery woman is to get answers. But as she learns more and more about
the circumstances leading to the gruesome act, she begins to realize
there is a bigger mystery under the surface...
Gretchen McNeil's Three Drops of Blood is being sold as A Good Girls Guide to Murder meets Hitchcock. Three Drops of Blood reimagines the classic Hitchcock film Rear Window with a fresh perspective. A mundane office job takes a dark turn when a girl witnesses a double murder through the window. Being an actress, 17-year-old Kate Williams is no stranger to drama. She has one of the lead parts in a drama called "Dirty Pretty Teens" and the only minor who plays the part of the slightly overweight teen.
After the producer is arrested for sexually assaulting Belle Masterson, her co-star, her chance at a leading role gets cancelled by the network and her star is snuffed out by a video that is released of her at a party with said producer. She is willing to do whatever it takes to get her acting career back on track even if that means getting a boring office job at her best friend's father's law firm so she can prove to her parents she can to support herself rather than go back to high school.
Now, rather than living life on the big screen, she is stuck filing mundane contracts and watching the people in the office across from hers live their equally boring lives. While Kate’s working, she witnesses a double murder but no one, not even the police, believe her. She enlists Ty, her best friend Rowan’s brother, to help find evidence. The danger multiplies and Kate and Ty do everything they can to stay alive. The unfortunate part of this story is Kate's alleged best friend Rowan acts like a clown, and blames Kate for taking a role that should have gone to her.
Then there are the parents who get mad at Kate after she tries to take a test that makes her an adult in the eyes of the law so that she can follow her 5 year plan to do her own thing, and not follow in their footsteps, especially her fathers. The story does have quite a bit of diversity if that is what you are searching for. Kate is a plus sized white girl. Rowan and Ty are Chinese-America, and Ty has spent time in China studying the law to follow his father. This pretty much is also a stereotype of those with Chinese ancestry. The romance isn't in your face. Kate may have had feelings for Ty, but the feelings were never made public because of her time with Dirty Pretty Teens. The reason behind Ripley's actions was basically pushed off the pages which was another reason for my rating.
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