All the Dangerous Things: The gripping new psychological thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of A Flicker in the Dark

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At a recent conference where she discusses the case with the public in the hope of gathering any and all new information she meets Waylon, a true crime podcaster, who offers her his services. At first she's appalled and wants nothing to do with him but after taking time to think about it more she believes he may be able to help so the two work together to try to find Mason. Will they succeed? You'll have to read this to find out. Overall, I’m glad I read it because I’ve been curious about this author. However, I cannot recommend this one. Isabelle recalls moving to Savannah after college to write for The Grit. Ben was the editor-in-chief.

She’s desperate to find clues in the cold case—so desperate she continues to publicly tell her story at true-crime enthusiast conventions and finally says yes to an interview with a podcaster named Waylon. A bereaved mother’s year of sleepless nights is turned even more dire by percolating revelations about her past and present. All the Dangerous Things takes place in Savannah, Georgia. What genre is All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham?If you’re sensitive to stories about the hardships of motherhood and postpartum life, I wouldn’t recommend reading All the Dangerous Things. In fact, I’m kind of surprised I liked it so much since I currently have a seven-month-old baby! However, Isabelle’s childhood – may provide some of the answers. Specifically, the untimely death of her sister Margaret who was drowned at a nearby lake. A trauma and loss that Isabelle still experiences especially during her insomniac nights, when she feels Margaret’s presence ever closer and the thoughts of her sister haunts her longed for peace and search for answers. Isabelle remembers the night Margaret died. She woke up smelling like the marsh. Her parents told her to lie and say she’d been asleep.

Thank you so much to the publisher, Minotaur Books and Macmillan Audio, for providing me with copies to read and review. Isabelle Drake has been an insomniac in the truest sense of the word for a LONG time...since the disappearance of her beautiful baby son, Mason, a year and a half ago. Aside from the occasional drift or 'microsleep,' she's been battling her bleary eyed grief and dedicated herself to trying to bring Mason home. With no evident disruption to the room the night of the disappearance, a dead battery on the baby monitor, and no leads, the case has all but stalled entirely. Isabelle's husband Ben has moved out and she feels utterly alone...until after attending a True Crime convention, a podcaster named Waylon makes her acquaintance...and asks for The Interview. Many thanks to NetGalley, St. Martin's Press/Minotaur, and Stacy Willingham for an ARC of this book! Now available as of 1.10!**

Teaming up with true crime podcaster Waylon Spencer, Isabelle investigates her son’s case. But Waylon has motives of his own and as long-forgotten memories of Isabelle’s past resurface, doubt begins to cloud her sleepless nights. Isabell decides that Valerie was the person carrying Mason around at night because they looked alike. She accuses Valerie of taking her son. In this book, Willingham creates a really creepy and unsettling thriller out of the subject of sleepwalking. How is it I never realised how creepy sleepwalking can be until now? Both for the sleepwalker themselves and for those around them. The book is very fast paced and the reveals to the different parts of the mystery come at regular intervals that allowed me to remain engaged with the story rather than getting bored. I'm glad I gave Willingham another chance and will be interested to see what she comes up with next. Can I also just say how unbelievable it is to me that in both the past and the present the detectives knowingly turn a blind eye to the truth with a "You've been through a lot so I don't want to make things worse" type of attitudes?!?! I'm sorry to say but that doesn't happen in the real world.

It's after speaking at an event dedicated to True crime that she meets True Crime Podcaster, Waylon Spencer. Waylon takes an interest in Mason's case and proposes to Isabelle that they work together. If he can interview her for his series, it will bring even more exposure to her case. It felt wrong, like dancing on her grave. Like I was gloating, disrespecting the dead, reveling in the victory of some game she didn’t even know she was playing.” With no leads or momentum after a year of this missing person’s report, Isabelle becomes obsessed with finding answers. This book is slow and laborious. Willingham has a tendency to use more words than are necessary to say the most basic of things so it takes forever for her to just get to the point. A lot of people like that style of writing, and sometimes I do too, but for whatever reason it just didn't work for me here. I like my thrillers a little more thrilling.Isabelle talks about the case, lite The identity of the kidnapper and the resolution of the mystery were easily the best parts of the book. It is this section that caused me to push up my rating to 2.5. Until then, I was sitting firmly on the 2 star mark. I remember his lips feeling salty and soft... This is where I threw in the towel for good. You cannot FEEL salty. His lips can TASTE salty. Unless you meant his lips felt grainy, which seems unpleasant, and doesn't fit the context of this ~~romantic~~ scene. Feeling salty... foh!!!

The locations and settings add another dimension too as they perfectly match the events, creating a terrific atmosphere and heightening the tension and increasing intensity. All the Dangerous Things is a psychological thriller about a missing child and his sleep-deprived mother obsessed with finding out the truth behind his disappearance. Was Isabelle also suffering from postpartum psychosis? But if she didn’t hurt Margaret, then she might not have hurt Mason either. Spoiler: What Was the Ending of All the Dangerous Things? The mystery/suspense feels very guessable but has enough surprises and twists to keep you on your toes. A couple of the twists are nice but many of them were just silly. Some were farfetched.

i was able to figure out everything very early on, but thats only because ive read loads of mystery/thrillers and can spot the ‘whodunnit’ a mile away. it has nothing to do with SWs storytelling, which remains pretty strong. the pacing is good, the reveals are timed well, the characters have depth to them, and i enjoyed how the past is woven into the present. Motherhood meant sleep deprivation but since Isabel's baby was taken, she's had no real sleep in a year. She's at a new level of sleep disfunction and it's hard to think straight. She doesn't even trust herself now or her memories of the past. Are there more reasons to feel guilty than she already knows?