All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers

New York Times Bestseller from the creator of the #1 true crime podcast Crime Junkie—a haunting debut novel that will keep you turning pages late into the night.

Twenty years ago, in the small Indiana town of Wakarusa, six-year-old January Jacobs disappeared from her bedroom, only to be found hours later in a ditch. The case was never solved. Her next-door neighbor, Margot Davies, has spent two decades wondering: Why January and not me?

Now a journalist, Margot returns home to care for her ailing uncle and finds herself pulled back into the mystery when another young girl vanishes under eerily similar circumstances. With the same suffocating small-town secrets closing in around her, Margot becomes determined to uncover the truth—but the closer she gets, the more dangerous her investigation becomes.

Ashley Flowers brings her true crime expertise to fiction with devastating effect. This is a story about the darkness lurking behind closed doors, the secrets neighbors keep, and the lengths one woman will go to find justice. The Midwest setting feels achingly real—stifled, familiar, and deeply unsettling.

Perfect for fans of Gillian Flynn and Karin Slaughter, All Good People Here delivers the kind of twisty, propulsive suspense that makes you question everyone and trust no one. A chilling exploration of memory, obsession, and the crimes that define us.

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