All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers

This book was purchased by Traveling With T for walking while listening time.

All Good People Here

Summary: Everyone from Wakarusa, Indiana, remembers the case of January Jacobs, who was found dead 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 fear 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 sick uncle, it feels like walking into a time capsule. Wakarusa is exactly how she remembered: genial, stifled, secretive. Then news breaks about five-year-old Natalie Clark from the next town over, who’s gone missing under eerily similar circumstances. With all the old feelings rushing back, Margot vows to find Natalie and solve January’s murder once and for all.

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?

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.

Traveling With T’s Thoughts:

I was on Netgalley a few weeks ago and I saw Ashley Flowers 2025 book up for request. It sounded good, so I requested it and then went to Audible to check out her debut.

Missing girls, reporters, small town secrets… check, check, check!

However, the book was just not as good as I had anticipated. I liked it, but won’t be thinking about it much in 6 months.

What I liked:

Honestly at first, I wasn’t sure about the cover ( tiny photo on my phone) but when I went to make my graphic, I was like “Oh! Yes, now that I can see the cover clearly, it fits perfectly with story!” So yay!

Margot. That girl was everything I like in a main character searching out the truth.

How the story was told (dual time frames) That worked for me.

What didn’t wow me:

I wanted a clear and clean ending. And the ending is debatable. Perfect for book clubs, but for me- I needed more.

Bottom line: I enjoyed it, but didn’t LOVE it. However, I am looking forward to reading her next book, The Missing Half (5.6.25)

*This book was purchased by Traveling With T for her listening while walking time. All thoughts and opinions are mine alone.*