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Ok, I feel like it is tough to just review the book and not to mention the other bits that come to my mind when reading this, so I will use this opportunity to include that. 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 cost of this marriage, she knew, would be keeping those secrets. She just hoped it would be worth it.” January Jacobs was just six years old, when she was found dead in a ditch, hours after her family woke up and found her gone. Her case was never solved. I'm not going to lie, I was a little sceptical about how good this audio book would be, but I'm a Crime Junkie so HAD to at least give it a go.
But after what happened to January, WHY did Dave/Luke never say anything about this to Krissy or the police or anyone? WHY? Due to his dementia, we will never know. Maybe he told his brother Adam (Margot’s father) leading to his alcoholism. (Just a joke. Sort of.) I was intrigued by both cases. The unsolved murder of the main characters childhood neighbor in 1994 and the disappearance of another little girl two decades later. I was also intrigued by everything going on in Margot's private life. PDF / EPUB File Name: All_Good_People_Here_-_Ashley_Flowers.pdf, All_Good_People_Here_-_Ashley_Flowers.epub stars — I have heard a lot of talk about “All Good People Here” due to it being the first novel written by Ashley Flowers, the host of the popular podcast, “Crime Junkie.” My thoughts after reading this book are — Flowers does a great job as the host of the popular podcast, “Crime Junkies.” That being said, I couldn’t agree more with you and your thoughts on this book! I do not understand why Luke/Dave wouldn’t have said something about Billy. Did he? Did I miss the explanation somewhere?? – is all I could think after finishing… I would love to hear Ashely’s thoughts on this.
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Well my generosity went out the door the more I thought about this most convoluted, ridiculous fell off the cliff ending and the time I wasted reading this book. Elliott’s sister Annabelle told Margot that Elliott had a storage unit that she was paying for. Margot and Jodie broke into the storage unit and found trophies Elliott was keeping from Natalie, Polly, and ten other girls. There was a box for January, but strangely, it only had a few of her dance recital programs, and no personal items.
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. And Mom’s the same as ever. Delusional.” Luke snorted. “What’s Bethany delusional about this time?” “She seems to think I’m a millionaire because I write for a newspaper.” Always tell someone where you’re going, especially if you’re going to meet up with ANYONE who could be a suspect in a murder case. Like the father of one victim and the husband of another. Margot! The residents of Wakarusa, Indiana, could spin gossip faster than a spider spins its web. [...] [T]he Wakarusa gossip chain would flap their jaws, chewing the tidbit over so thoroughly that by the time they’d finally spat it out again, the Truth was misshapen and unrecognizable, warped into the Story.”But the police, the 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 the killer still be out there? Could it be the same person who kidnapped Natalie? And what will it cost to finally discover what truly happened that night? My review of All Good People Here Is poor Margot dead? We have to assume that Margot finds a way to get away. Reasons Why Margot is NOT a Crime Junkie January Jacobs, went missing from her home one night in 1994. Her body was discovered in a ditch less than two miles from the Jacobs home. 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! Also, when Billy kills Krissy, he says, “You shouldn’t have lied to me.” Uh… like 15 years too late, right? I mean, if he wanted to call her out for lying, wouldn’t he have done that a long time before? Why did he kill her anyway? I guess we’re supposed to assume it’s because he found the note in her purse. But then, wouldn’t he have said, “So, you know what happened, huh? I can’t have you telling anyone…” or something like that? I know this was to conceal who the killer was, but it was really ill-fitting. The whole suicide story was actually pretty unconvincing. The police never looked into it further? They never tested for gunshot residue? They didn’t find it suspicious that half of Krissy’s letter was torn off or that she lying by the door with her purse out, as if she was getting ready to leave? The had noticed a tiny bit of blood on Jase’s pajamas all those years before; could they not find any blood on Billy’s clothes? I find it hard to believe that they wouldn’t have looked into this very deeply, given the family’s history. But maybe we’re supposed to just accept that the police were so convinced of Jace or Krissy’s guilt that they accepted suicide without investigating at all. Again, that seems ridiculous.
This was a solid whodunnit thriller about the murder of a little girl named January, with clear inspiration drawn from the JonBenet Ramsey case. The family members are the most obvious suspects, but through multiple perspectives and time jumps, things get so much more convoluted and the single murder plot evolves into a dark web of intense small town secrets. I'm always a fan of cold case stories and those of missing people. The mystery aspect compelled me to keep reading. 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. WHAT did Krissy mean in her letter to Jace when she said “I learned something about your father. He isn’t who you think he is.” Does “your father” mean Billy, the only father Jace ever knew? Or does it mean Dave/Luke, Jace’s biological father? DID Krissy figure out that Billy killed January?
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Billy Jacobs: married to Krissy; learned he was not the biological father of the twins from Dave/Luke on the night January died in 1994
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