Many thanks to NetGalley and Random House/Bantam Books for gifting me a digital copy of the debut novel by Ashley Flowers - 4.5 stars rounded up!
In 1994, Margot was 6 and living across the street from her best friend, January, in small town Wakarusa, Indiana. When January's body was discovered dead in a ditch and the killer never found, Margot was haunted by the fear that it could have been her. Twenty years later, Margot comes back to Wakarusa to take care of her uncle who is suffering from early onset dementia. When 5-year-old Natalie goes missing from the next town, Margot is convinced that the crimes are connected and uses her journalistic background to investigate. But someone seems to want Margot to stop looking into the case.
Ashley Flowers is a true crime podcast host and obviously uses her experience to write a gripping thriller. I really felt for Margot as she tried so hard to do the right thing by taking care of her uncle as well as investigating these crimes. The story is told in alternating timelines between January's family in 1994 and Margot's story in 2014, giving us background and lots of suspects. I kept changing my mind as I turned the pages and the ending left me a bit stunned. There are themes of small town life, where everyone thinks they know everyone else's story but do they? I can't wait to read more from this author.
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