All Good People Here: A Novel

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - In the propulsive debut novel from the host of the #1 true crime podcast Crime Junkie, a journalist uncovers her hometown's dark secrets when she becomes obsessed with the unsolved murder of her childhood neighbor--and the disappearance of another girl twenty years later.

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You can't ever know for sure what happens behind closed doors.

Everyone from Wakarusa, Indiana, remembers the infamous case of January Jacobs, who was discovered in a ditch hours after her family awoke to find her gone. Margot Davies was six at the time, the same age as January--and they were next-door neighbors. In the twenty years since, Margot has grown up, moved away, and become a big-city journalist. But she's always been haunted by the feeling that it could've been her. And the worst part is, January's killer has never been brought to justice.

When Margot returns home to help care for her uncle after he is diagnosed with early-onset dementia, she feels like she's walked into a time capsule. Wakarusa is exactly how she remembers--genial, stifled, secretive. Then news breaks about five-year-old Natalie Clark from the next town over, who's gone missing under circumstances eerily similar to January's. With all the old feelings rushing back, Margot vows to find Natalie and to solve January's murder once and for all.

But the police, Natalie's family, the townspeople--they all seem to be hiding something. And the deeper Margot digs into Natalie's disappearance, the more resistance she encounters, and the colder January's case feels. Could January's killer still be out there? Is it the same person who took Natalie? And what will it cost to finally discover what truly happened that night twenty years ago?

Twisty, chilling, and intense, All Good People Here is a searing tale that asks: What are your neighbors capable of when they think no one is watching?

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336 pages

Average rating: 7.25

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KayaBookWorm
Jan 16, 2025
8/10 stars
HOLY UNEXPECTED EDNING! Good book! Kept me engaged!
Anonymous
Jan 05, 2025
10/10 stars
I am not normally a mystery reader, but WOW Ashley Flowers has sold me on this genre. I kept thinking I knew what was happening, but I was wrong and was worth it. The twists and turns are out of this world. I NEED more from her!
Anonymous
Dec 26, 2024
8/10 stars
Great story but that abrupt finish has me with so many questions! I need closure!! Please tell me there’s a sequel in the works?!!
bookshelf.at.tiffanys
Dec 19, 2024
8/10 stars
Margot is a young journalist who grew up in Wakarusa. She left after high school and hasn’t really been back. But now, her Uncle Luke is sick and she’s headed back to take care of him. Shortly after arriving, a young girl by the name of Natalie goes missing. Margot is instantly taken back to when she was six years old and her friend/neighbor, January was murdered. Even though these crimes appear different in several ways, Margot believes they’re connected. The local police have shot that theory down. Can she prove it or is she trying to make the connection because of her obsession with January’s case?

Oh man, where do I begin? First of all, I am a huge fan of Crime Junkie and Ashley Flowers so I was ecstatic to receive an ARC of this title.

I absolutely LOVED 99% of this book. It had me in a vice grip from the first chapter. I devoured it in 24 hours. The writing was good, I loved the dual narrator/timeline, and I really enjoyed how you were kept guessing the entire book! As soon as I thought I’d figured something out, NOPE wrong. Ashley leads you down a twisty path and I love it.

What I didn’t love - the ending. The ending almost ruined the whole book for me. Unless there’s a sequel coming that we don’t know about, the ending of this book will haunt me for awhile.

Thank you so much NetGalley, Ashley Flowers and Random House for a copy of this ARC in exchange for my honest review.
courtgambino
Oct 23, 2024
8/10 stars
This book kept me guessing all the way through. I didn’t not expect the ending.

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