This is a compelling and twisty thriller. The story is told over a dual timeline. It is full of twists. I liked the ending.

I really wanted to like this book but ended up having to DNF as I found it very slow and boring.....I was initially hooked and wanting to know what happened to the girl but as I read on I found myself bored with a lot of filler being put into the story

This is one of those that I struggled to get into. I persevered and the story did pickup the further along the story went.
The premise was good, characters written well, just nothing in the book that has any USP.
It was an ok read.
Thank you for the arc.

I didn't particularly enjoy this book. I don't think it offers anything different to the hundreds of other thrillers published every year. It was predictable and lacked any tension throughout. The abrupt ending was as if the author had just forgotten to write the last few chapters and I was left unsatisfied. It's not a bad book but certainly left me feeling disappointed.

Will not be reviewing on my Instagram page.

This book had clear similarities to a major unsolved murder that most people are aware of, even if you don’t follow true crime, which gave me a little bit of the i I. However, I enjoyed where this book went with it and how it steered away from what could be an imaginative retelling. I also LOVED the ending. Although I’m sure it’s very controversial!

It took me a little while to get into this book but wow I am so pleased I stuck with it as the second half flew by! I loved the ending and it was a brilliant thriller with twist after twist making me think right up until the end
Definitely will recommend this to others

This is a very twisted, multi-layered psychological thriller that I audible gasped at more than once.

The book centres on two families who live enviable lives; perfect houses, perfect life styles and perfect friendship. Well, that's the impression that they want to create because treachery and depravity lurk on every page and one family has gone missing leaving a very worrying scene behind.
The layers of deceit from pretty much all the characters meant that I was constantly having to re-evaluate my suspicions about what exactly happened and why. This created the most delicious tension and, if I'm honest, the ending was almost a relief.

My thanks go to the publishers and NetGalley for the advanced copy in return for an honest review.

I really, really enjoyed this. You can tell Ashley Flowers is interested in true crime and passionate about telling a good story, because it really comes across in this book. I loved the concept and thought it was so well-plotted. The writing has a nice clarity to it, so it flowed really well. I thought the characters were really well-evoked, and enjoyed Ashley's depiction of small-town America. All in all, this was a winning novel for me. Thank you so much for the opportunity to read it.

This, I just coudn't get into no matter how hard I tried.
Picked it up and left it for days countless times, suffered multiple slumps in between and I cannot bring my self to care enough to finish it.
Hard DNF.

I can’t say I didn’t enjoy almost the first three quarters of this book because I really did. However once Margot started behaving like a police officer rather than a journalist I couldn’t take it seriously. Why on earth would suspects answer the kinds of questions she was asking? Well iI cannot believe they would so the whole book was spoiled for me and that’s such a pity because the plot was well thought out and would have worked with a few tweaks.
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There are so many great things about this book. I love a dual timeline, an investigation, a threat to our characters & a mystery that spans the whole story.

This was brilliantly paced, kept my attention throughout & was really entertaining. I found myself questioning the motives of a few of the characters & not knowing who I could trust, which was great as I often guess 'whodunnit'.

I was a little frustrated with the epilogue as I felt like I didn't need it, the chapter before had ended on such a cliffhanger which I wanted to be the end as it felt so right.

Well where do I begin? How will a written review do this book any justice? How is this a debut? So many questions and rambles are whizzing around my head right now.

This is a book that is hopefully going to be a huge bestseller and he read by all. Ashley Flowers deserves recognition because this is a delight to read from beginning to end.

Margot is a brilliant character, likeable and realistic. We follow her as she goes to stay with her uncle. This is where events really start to play out. Margot is a reporter who has been told to report on the case of missing girl, Natalie. However, this leads to discoveries about a missing girl from Margot’s childhood- January Jacobs.

Flowers transports the reader with her words. You do feel as though you are watching a true crime show play out in front of you. This is believable and completely gripping. As a reader, you cannot help but become invested in this book. You are eager to find out more and put the pieces together.

There have been a few occasions, I have thought I had this figured out. Flowers has then pulled the ground from under me and left me guessing again. Some of the characters in this are questionable, I found myself really questioning who to trust. This has been completely enthralling.

Another aspect I have loved a gif this book, is the serious decline of health with Luke. This adds that extra realness and raw emotion to this book. I definitely recommend this book.

My jaw has dropped towards the end of this one. I have been so caught up that I couldn’t see the events panning out as they did. Flowers really has created a gem with this book.

There is literally nothing negative I can say about this book. I have loved it from beginning to end. Flowers is an author to watch out for and this is one magnificent debut. A book worthy of all the stars and praise and a definite recommendation from me.

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What a brilliant debut. The perfect blend of mystery and character development. I loved the crime side of the book; looking for the murderer of the little girls, but the character development for Margot was wonderful too. Would love to read more from Ashley Flowers. Must get back to listening to Crime Junkie podcasts!

Oh…my…god!! This book is amazing!
These are the type of thrillers I need in my life.

January Jacobs was murdered 25 years ago and her killer was never found. Margot, a friend of January’s goes back to her hometown to care for her uncle. Now she’s a journalist and other girls have been reported missing she finds herself digging deeper to track the murderer.

Ok I haven’t given that any justice whatsoever but this was brilliant.
Throughout the whole book I had my suspicions, then it makes you question everything and everyone.
The ending was spot on too, very easy 5 stars from me!

This is a brilliant debut novel. It has all the elements of a perfect crime thriller as the story meanders along with plenty of surprising elements and reveals right up to the very end. I loved the slows steady pace and development of the story, particularly the atmosphere created by the small town community. Most of all though I loved the leading character Margot and her relationship with her Uncle Luke which was very endearing against the darkness of the story. A definite must read.

Thank you so much to NetGalley, Harper Collins UK and Ashley Flowers for this digital copy!

All Good People Here was everything I needed it to be! My first read of spooky season, this was the perfect balance between thriller and true crime in my opinion, making for a fast paced and enthralling novel! I have been seeing this all over bookstagram, as well as other platforms, and rightly so!

The story dips between the past, which is narrated by Krissy, January’s mother, and the present, which is narrated by Margot. I love both dual timelines and dual POVs, especially in this genre. Along with these two elements, Flowers writing adds layers of suspense throughout and all of these together make All Good People Here such a pageturner! I was left questioning which characters I could trust, who was guilty and what really happened throughout, which is always a good sign in my eyes.

If you're a fan of thrillers and true crime/cold case  narratives, all Good People Here is a book for you!

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An interesting thriller that didn't quite deliver on the set-up as the characters didn't feel finished or developed enough leaving me wanting a bit more to make it a memorable read. Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the ARC.

Loved it the story was the first in a long while to pull me in and kept me guessing but I felt the end was unfinished Margot's arc was still needing an ending

AMAZING! I can’t believe this is a debut! What an incredible book that had me hooked from the very beginning. I flew through this and just couldn’t put it down yet it kept me guessing right til the very end. A shocking tale with perfectly timed and executed twists. Will definitely recommend this book and read future work by this author. My book of the year so far!

This was recommended to me by another book blogger and I’m so so glad it was! I was hooked from the start, was really intrigued by the story line and loved the characters. Margot was my favourite and I really liked the way she went about everything. I guessed one or two things along the way but did not guess the ending at all. Highly recommend this to anyone looking for a good family saga based thriller!