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All Good People Here

A Novel

by Ashley Flowers
Brittany Pressley
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#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.
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: PopSugar
 
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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    August 16, 2022

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      • ISBN: 9780593587485
      • File size: 305121 KB
      • Duration: 10:35:40

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      June 13, 2022
      Flowers, the host of the true crime podcast Crime Junkie, debuts with a twisty psychological thriller coauthored with Kiester (The Truth About Ben and June). Twenty-five years after the unsolved murder of Margot Davies’s childhood best friend, January Jacobs (forever frozen in public memory—shades of JonBenét Ramsey—as that tiny dancer looking disturbingly older than six in her skimpy competition costume), Margot remains haunted by the case, as well as the way pious finger-pointing in her hometown of Wakarusa, Ind., helped shatter her surviving family. So when duty drags Margot, now a crime reporter for an Indianapolis newspaper, back to Wakarusa to care for the ailing uncle who raised her, she hopes this might be her chance to crack the case—especially once, less than a day after her arrival, a five-year-old vanishes in a neighboring town. The reporter swiftly discovers that the townsfolk she once thought she knew may have been concealing far more complex and problematic passions than apparent back then to a child such as herself. This intricate, intriguing puzzler should surprise even those readers certain they know where the plot’s heading. Flowers is off to a promising start. Agent: Meredith Miller, UTA.

    • Library Journal

      June 10, 2024

      When Margot Davies was six, her best friend, January Jacobs, was found murdered in their small town of Wakarusa, IN. Twenty years later, Margot is now a journalist for a big city paper but is forced to move back home to care for her uncle, whose dementia is causing a rapid decline. While there, news breaks that five-year old Natalie Clark is missing from the next town over. Old feelings surface for Margot, who is desperate to bring justice to January's case. Will all the secrets held by the town and its residents come to light? True crime junkies will love this debut novel by Flowers, host of the podcast Crime Junkies. The author, along with narrators Brittany Pressley and Karissa Vacker, brings Wakarusa, Margot, and all the other characters to life in this convoluted but engaging thriller. It bears a striking resemblance to one of the most infamous child-murder cases, that of JonBen�t Ramsey, which will intrigue those who have followed the case for years, or only just begun the deep dive. VERDICT Flowers's novel is a must-add for all thriller collections. This one may soon become a book-club favorite.--Elyssa Everling

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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