An intriguing and suspenseful mystery that had me hooked throughout. 

Twenty five year ago, January Jacob's parents woke to find their daughters bed empty and hours later her body was found. The murder was never solved. 

Margot Davies is a journalist who also grew up in the town. Returning home all these years later, to care for her uncle, she is still intrigued about the case. She takes in interest in a murder case of a neighbouring town, thinking they may be linked and her investigation begins. Only Margot's prying is uncovering secrets, many that the town wants to keep buried and ones that will change her life forever. 

This was such a page turner! I was drawn in by the characters and setting and the mystery surrounding the two murders. While I echo the sentiments of others about the ending, overall I found it really enjoyable. 
Thanks so much to NetGalley and HarperCollins UK for this gifted review copy.

BELIEVE THE HYPE - A PHENOMENAL DEBUT THRILLER.
WOW! WOW! OMG! OMG! WOW! WOW! WOW!. If I could give this book all the stars in the sky then I would. It's absolutely brilliant, I loved everything about it. Margot Davies the protagonist is a relentless, caring, loving character and I loved her relationship with her uncle. She hunts for the truth about the murder of January Jacobs twenty five years ago and she doesn't stop until she discovers what happened to the little girl. All the characters are relatable and the plot is fluid throughout and the tension and suspense ramps up at a nice pace. It's unputdownable, gripping and ONE OF THE BEST DEBUT''S I HAVE EVER READ. This will be the must read book for 2022 and it needs to be commissioned for TV. Huge Congratulations to Ashley Flowers for a completely gripping, unputdownable, addictive thriller. I LOVED IT SO SO MUCH!.

Perfect for fans of crime thrillers and domestic suspense

This book was effortless to read. The authors style had me flying through pages devouring this book in one sitting. I was immediately sucked into the mystery which spans several decades linking a missing girls case in the present to one from the main characters past. The story had many layers which left me guessing right until the shocking final reveal. I took off a star as didn't love the ending and felt the author could have done more to wrap it up but can understand why they chose to finish it in the way they did. Overall, this was a fantastic, enjoyable mystery suspense novel that I'd highly recommend. I will certainly be reading more by this author.

I had never heard of Crime Junkie and I’m not a big podcast fan however, I love cold cases so I knew this book was for me!

25 years ago, 6 year old January went missing and was subsequently found dead. The killer was never caught, Now, 25 years later, another young girl has gone missing.

I found it impossible to put this book down. The twists and turns kept me hooked till the end. A fantastic debut - well worth a read!

Thanks to NetGalley and Harper Collins UK Harper Fiction for the opportunity to review the ARC of this brilliant thriller.

This book is original, suspenseful, and with complex characters that spring irresistibly to life on the page! Wonderful….

A five-star read that will give you full body chills. I will be honest I picked this up as I am a huge Crime Junkie fan, and I loved the whole overall story, but I did find it irritating at times, the sudden end, annoyed me, but the way it was all done made sense when you stepped back and looked at it. I don’t know if it was just me, but I couldn’t help but feel there were some similarities between January and another real life pretty little blonde whose disappearance and murder seems a little messed up. There were so many twists with this story, some like me you may see coming, but some will flaw you, they are so well concealed that you wonder if they wrote themselves and revealed themselves as the author was writing as they come out of nowhere. If you like your mysteries complex and twisty then you need this story in your life.

Being a superfan of Crime Junkie, I was absolutely over the moon when I got accepted to review this book. Since I found out that Ashley Flowers had written a book, I was really struggling with waiting until the book release date in August!
This book is everything I hoped for and more! The story was gripping and I honestly couldn't put it down! I also loved how the chapters focused on different characters. Ashley has a fantastic style of writing and I love how her debut novel was based in a small town.
I cannot wait to see what Ashley comes up with next! That ending though...."full body chills..."
Thank you to NetGalley, Ashley Flowers and HarperCollins UK, HarperFiction for the opportunity to read and review this book.

This was everything you need for a thriller and crime story. It is not as black and white as you first think and like most typical thrillers, is full of twists. This is a first for me by the author and one I enjoyed and would read more of their work. The book cover is eye-catching and appealing and would spark my interest if in a bookshop. Thank you very much to the author, publisher and Netgalley for this ARC.

3.5/5.

My Rating System: 1.5 ⭐️ rounded down to 1⭐️ ticked no boxes COMPLETE FAIL!!!

Wakarusa, Indiana is a small town full of people who love to gossip and judge all the other townsfolk. So when January Jones is found murdered it is literally the talk of the town. January was found dead in a ditch taken from her family home.

Margot Davies was January’s best friend and 6 at the time of her BFFs disappearance and it shook her to her core. Believing in the real life boogey man her whole life since that fateful night. Twenty years later, and Margot is now all grown up and a hot shot crime journalist. January’s cold case has always haunted her and now in a neighbouring town another little girl goes missing under suspiciously similar circumstances.

Margot has moved home to Wakarusa to care for her uncle who has been struck down with early onset dementia. She is closer to the story than ever and she is determined to find out what really happened to January no matter the cost. There is someone in town who doesn’t want her there and is desperate to scare her off, can Margot find out the truth before her nightmares come true.

Look, I struggled even writing the blurb having now read the book. There are so many inconsistencies in this book and I know once again I am an outlier and have down rated this wildly popular novel. Also apparently Ashley Flowers is a hot shot Podcaster - well I have never listened to a podcast so I had no idea about this going in. 🤷‍♀️

The fact that the author is a podcaster doesn’t help this book, there are plot holes all over the place. AND can I just ask why does every story about a small town murder get reinvestigated 20 years later and result in the person investigating moving back for some family reason. It’s an old and tired concept and frankly I am bored by it. 🥱

The January Jones case is awfully similar to the Jon Benet Ramsey case in so many ways that even the super fans were disappointed by it. I wont go into it… but the parallels are glaringly obvious. 🙄

Also, all these so called ‘similar’ cases I have to say that is a super stretch - clearly Margot is used to jamming a round peg into a square hole because while I was reading the details of the cases the only similarity was that they had their heads bashed in (and I use the same language that the author uses to describe blunt force trauma to the little girls heads). I don’t think the cases were similar to January’s case at all - but maybe that was the point I don’t know. Chasing ghosts and all that. 👻

Another bug bear for me in this novel was the sheer amount of times that Margot felt guilty over leaving her uncle with his condition. Or after an episode. Seriously for starters just say he has dementia or early onset dementia stop referring to it as his condition. AND we get it you felt guilty as you stare longingly at your uncle who looks so different these days as you take off investigating a cold case that you really have no business being part of in the first place. If you felt so guilty you wouldn’t be roaming the countryside looking for a killer. Just get on with it… feel guilty but accept it stop meandering over the point. 🥴

Let’s take a look at what I did like - well it was a debut novel so I did think it would get better so I was willing to stay the course and there were some bits that I thought oh here we go something is brewing… but I was left disappointed for the majority of the time… ok so this is more about what else I didn’t like… honestly there were some good storyline’s that could have been explored better. I did like the alternative POVs from Krissy (January’s mum - back from when January was killed) and Margot (in the present day). I did like the fact that we got drip fed some info bit by bit to paint the picture but there were so many plot holes that I felt like you could fall down one and never come back up. 🕳

Now, rather than keep ranting I am going to finish with the ending… my god that ending. Trash is all I can say. It was suppose to create suspense and have us wondering and hoping… but it just leaves the reader hanging with no resolution - but then the epilogue gives a play by play of another part of the book which took hand holding to the maximum. It was complete rubbish I hated the ending. It completely ruined the entire book and any parts that could have been good for me. 😡

Initially when I started this review I was going to give it 2 stars but in good faith I cannot - clearly there were too many things I disliked - I am going to downgrade to a 1.5 rounded down to 1. Sorry, I really wanted to like this one, it was my first NetGalley read for a while and I was pretty pumped - completely let down though. 😪

Thank you to Harper Collins UK, NetGalley and the author for an advanced copy for my honest opinion.

25 years ago, 6 year old January Jacobs went missing. She turned up dead and her killer was never caught. Margot Davies, a journalist who is tired of writing meaningless stories decides to investigate because now, 25 years later, another young girl has gone missing. As she investigates, it quickly becomes apparent that there is a sinister and menacing underbelly to this case that doesn’t add up.

ALL GOOD PEOPLE HERE is a really clever murder mystery with many moving parts. At one point everyone is a suspect and the number of theories you think possible is crazy. I really enjoyed trying to solve the case alongside Margot, she’s a great character who you really want to succeed.

Ashley Flowers has created an atmospheric small town where everyone knows your business and has overlaid it with a cold case thriller. She’s done an amazing job – I devoured this book in 3 days which is unheard of for me.

5 stars

This book comes out on August 18th and I highly recommend you buy it.

I’ve been a fan of Crime Junkie for a few years now and I admit, I squealed when I got this approval through from NetGalley. I gave my TBR pile the finger and picked this book up immediately!

I loved the sound of this book, I love a cold case thriller, and it didn’t disappoint. Great characters and journalism and a small town feel, and the case and crimes, the twists, turns and reveals kept me hooked - and shocked - right to the very last word. Stunning, addictive debut,

Well written with a compelling storyline and well developed characters. It was twisty, unpredictable and atmospheric and I couldn't put it down.

Spectacularly Atmospheric…
What happened to January Jacobs? In a small town bursting at the seams with secrets and a populated with residents who are all talk but who also stay tight lipped journalist Margot Davies, back in her hometown, has her work cut out. One thing is for certain - something seriously sinister is lurking under these apparently still waters. Coming from the host of podcast #CrimeJunkie, a spectacularly atmospheric suspense with a creeping sense of menace and dread and written as if an account of true crime. Characters are well crafted and the narrative twisted, immersive and compelling. Simply superb.

Really enjoyed this, it was a one sit read for me.
A solid believable main character, and pretty much everyone else is suspects.
OK, not quite, but it did feel a bit "trust no-one"
Great pacing, with enough distractions along the way to keep you guessing.
It ended quite suddenly, but I very much enjoyed that ending.
Great read

#AllGoodPeopleHere #NetGalley
Deliciously twisty. 5 🌟
What really happened to January Jacobs?
Twenty-five years ago, January Jacob’s parents awoke to find their daughter’s bed empty, a horrifying message spray-painted onto their wall. Hours later, January’s body was found discarded in a ditch. Her murder was never solved. But the town remembers.
Journalist Margot Davies is tired of reporting meaningless stories. One night, she stumbles upon a clue in the most infamous crime in her hometown’s history: the unsolved murder of six-year-old January. As Margot digs deeper, she begins to suspect that there is something truly sinister lurking in the small community: a secret that endangers the lives of everyone involved…including Margot.
OMG what did I just read? Brilliantly twisty psychological thriller from a debut author? Unbelievable. I loved it so much.
Thanks to NetGalley and Harper Collins UK Harper Fiction for giving me an advance copy.