The Meadowbrook Murders

By Jessica Goodman
** Publication Date 4 February 2025**
4 stars 



A good murder mystery has you pointing fingers at everyone before the final reveal of the murder. This novel certainly didn’t disappoint, as I had guessed just about everyone. 


Meadowbrook Academy is a very elite, private prep school in Connecticut. As is tradition, the senior class arrives a week prior to the underclassmen. A time to bond, party, prepare for the final year of high school.


Amy Alterman is a senior from Palo Alto, California. Her best friend since freshman year, and her roommate, Sarah Oliver grew up in the east. Both are only children. Both raised in wealth. Both smart, athletic, beautiful. Until one of them ends up dead, and the other appears to be a suspect.


Fantastic novel with lots of misunderstandings, as will happen in a high school setting. The adults in the room (or in this case, in the school) sometimes seem as childish as teenagers can be. The adults do not set the best example. Meanwhile we have a high school student ending up rooming with the one person she never wanted to, and learning that those you might never consider your friends, might be the next person you rely on.


I truly enjoyed this book. It was fast paced and well pieced together. While there are hints of the perpetrator, it isn’t an easy guess. There are lots of life lessons inserted along the way as well. 


Great read. 
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