Margot Davies is kind of a mess. She has lost her job as a reporter and left her apartment and her city to return to her small hometown to take care of her ailing uncle. Even though she has been gone for years, she realizes that many things about Wakarusa are exactly as they were when she was growing up. Margot isn't home long when a little girl from a neighboring town goes missing. It reminds Margot of her childhood friend, January, who was kidnapped and murdered when they were just six years old. The similarities are too great to ignore. Margot is convinced if she can write the story and crack the case, she has a chance of getting her job back and putting her life back on track. Will Margot be able to get her story written before somebody else goes missing?
Margot's uncle was one thing that stuck in my craw about All Good People Here. For several chapters, I expected her uncle to be this elderly man. And then it is revealed that he is like fifty. Whaaaat? It was like the author realized that she needed to make his age fit her timeline. At 47, I get irritated at characters of my generation being made to be decrepit. I know that "early onset dementia" can impact people of my generation, but call out the fact that it is rare. Very rare. The plot itself was decent, but it never gripped me as I had hoped. I am kind of getting tired of the books where the heroine's life is a mess, yet she saves the day.
Bottom Line - All Good People Here was okay. I wasn't impressed, but I also didn't give up on it. Neither should you.
Details:
- All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers
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- Pages: 320
- Publisher: Bantam
- Publication Date: 8/16/2022
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- Thank you, NetGalley for the book in exchange for an honest review.
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