First and foremost, if you don’t listen to Crime Junkie, you’re missing out. Ashley Flowers is one of my absolute favorite podcasters, so when she dropped All Good People Here, I knew it was going to be amazing. And I wasn’t wrong. She also has another book that I’ll review in a later post!
This is a dual-timeline mystery/thriller, which I know isn’t everyone’s vibe, but I personally loved it. It follows journalist Margot Davies as she returns to her hometown to care for her aging uncle in 2019. She starts looking into a cold case from 1994, where her childhood best friend/ neighbor mysteriously died and finds a lot of things that don’t quite add up.
The book has twist after twist, and just when you think you have it all figured out… you don’t.
My rating: 5/5
Predictability: 1/5
Trigger warnings: child abduction, child death/ murder
Not available on KU, but here’s the amazon link for a softback: Amazon.com: All Good People Here: A Novel: 9780593496497: Flowers, Ashley, Kiester, Alex: Books
This was one of my first psychological thriller reads and I was HOOKED. I know a lot of people aren’t Colleen Hoover fans, but I’ve honestly never read a book of hers that I disliked. I will agree that some of her books have a much more complex plotline with better character development than others… and Verity was definitely that.
Lowen Ashleigh, a struggling author, is hired to finish a successful book series for Verity Crawford, who is incapacitated following a car accident. While staying at the Crawford residence, Lowen discovers a haunting autobiography that leaves her questioning everything. The script details Verity’s obsession with her husband, Jeremy, and her nonchalant feelings of her twin daughters’ tragic deaths. As Lowen reads the script, she becomes convinced Verity is faking her injuries to avoid accountability, but she struggles whether to tell Jeremy, who is a devoted husband and caretaker. Lowen finds herself falling for Jeremy, which makes things that much more complicated.
My mouth was agape MULTIPLE times throughout this book. If you’re interested in the psychological thrilller genre but don’t know where to start, this is an easy but intriging read.
My rating: 5/5
Spice: 2/5, a few pretty detailed scenes
Predictability: 1/5
Possible trigger warnings: manipulation, child abuse/ murder, abortion/ pregnancy loss, murder and violence
Available on KU! 🙂 And here’s the Amazon link: Verity: Hoover, Colleen: 9781791392796: Amazon.com: Books
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