All Good People Here: the gripping debut crime thriller from the host of the hugely popular #1 podcast Crime Junkie, a No1 New York Times bestseller

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Egan, Elisabeth (2022-09-01). "Ashley Flowers Loves an Airport Bookstore". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2022-10-03. Speaking of the end, it’s the only part of the book I didn’t love, as there were loose ends I didn’t feel were tied up (and I love when everything is tied up neatly!). This wasn’t enough to keep me from loving the book, though. MARTIN: Ashley Flowers is co-host of the insanely popular "Crime Junkie" podcast, among others. Her novel, "All Good People Here," is out now. Ashley Flowers, thank you so much for joining us. All Good People Here has enough twists and layers for three novels. Ashley Flowers has taken a premise familiar to true-crime fans and created a story that’s compelling and psychologically rich, with an ending that’s as unnerving as it is satisfying.” —Lou Berney

Because we don’t compare the two cases, past and present throughout the narrative, I didn’t feel any sense of TENSION, like I usually do with CRIME FICTION. 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 20 years later. MARTIN: I think the thing that the book talks about is that, you know, crime isn't just one thing that happens one time or perhaps several times, but it's also what leads up to the act and what follows from it and how it affects all the people that it touches. It's not just something that happens to one person or perhaps even one family, but the - sort of the concentric rings around it. And I thought that captured that really sensitively.

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There is also a theory about a heated sibling dispute possibly involving a flashlight and some pineapple. MARTIN: ...Because part of the deliciousness of it is the crazy twists and turns that it takes. So do you want to help me? Help me out. On the night of January’s murder, Dave told Billy that he was the twins’ father, sending Billy into the rage that would lead to January’s death. Billy killed January. Longer explanation below, but he’d accidentally injured her, thinking she was Krissy. When she started yelling “Daddy, why did you hurt me,” he killed her to keep her quiet.

I wondered about Pete (sorry, Pete!) as it’s a typical plotline in thrillers to have the main character’s old friend she’d flirting with be a killer, but Pete was just a child when January died and seemed to have no motive. Who were the killers in All Good People Here? The book’s progress is extra slow burn after the strong opening. The chapters were a little dragging. Because of the interesting topic I kept on reading and I was about to round up 3.5 stars to 4 but that abrupt, weird ending which force us fill the blanks to write our own ending was semi satisfying for me! Unfortunately I cut the half star and I decided to give three solid, it’s not very good but it’s still okay read stars! I received a free digital eARC from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest and unbiased review Threads, Twists, and Layers Fantastic audiobook! And that ending though, I'm glad to have finally got the surprise view at the epilogue but what happened to Margo?? I'm thinking there will be a sequel coming because that ending seems to leave at a cliffhanger. Hope so. Fingers crossed, otherwise I don't like what it looks like because Margo seems to be a fighter in this story. When people said no or too difficult, she pushed forward. That being said, I did enjoyed Margo's point of view as well as Chrissy. I also liked many twists in this story. The death of January, a little girl who danced and dressed up in costumes that some people thought she wore too much makeup for a little girl and where she was found reminds me about the JonBenet case. Luke (Dave) Davies: Margot’s uncle. He is his fifties, a widower suffering from early onset dementia. Biological father of January and Jase Jacobs.This book will have you playing a guessing game all the way to the end! There were many surprises along the way, and none that I had figured out. I love how this story played out. And does Jodie think Dave is responsible for all the murders? (January, Krissy, and the other girls?) What was the deal with Dave/Luke? The hallmark of a good thriller for me is this: how much can the author give away to allow us to guess along and still be surprised, yet make it all line up? The dual timeline definitely helps here as we are always thinking about January’s case from two perspectives, gathering different insights from both the past and present. Ultimately, this made for a really interesting reading experience. Both January’s and JBR’s parents gave somewhat awkward media interviews that made the public suspect they were not being forthcoming about everything they knew. If you are familiar with the most debated true crime cases, a staged crime scene by a parent to cover up the death a child isn’t that out-there.

Billy then intends to kill Margot when he realizes she knows he killed January. What really happened to January Jacobs in All Good People Here?

This is so similar to JonBenet Ramsey's case. Too many similarities and possibly the writer pushing her agenda of what she thinks happened with that one. 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. 🥴 A journalist comes home to care for her beloved uncle who is suffering from early onset dementia and encounters memories of her childhood. There is one that has plagued her, it being the death of her best friend January Jacobs, who seemed to have been abducted and murdered at such a young age. All Good People Here has plot elements similar to a completely spectulative and unproven theory about the JBR case, that one or both of JBR’s parents staged the scene to cover up the fact that someone in the family was involved in what happened to JonBenét.