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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Two women haunted by their sisters’ unsolved disappearances band together in this captivating mystery from the author of All Good People Here and host of the #1 true crime podcast Crime Junkie. This edition includes a bonus chapter set five years later, when Nic and Jenna’s story appears on the Crime Junkie podcast—featuring a cameo by Margot from All Good People Here! “A propulsive mystery with excellent writing . . . Simply a great read!”—Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl Nicole “Nic” Monroe is in a rut. At twenty-four, she lives alone in a dinky apartment in her hometown of Mishawaka, Indiana, she’s just gotten a DWI, and she works the same dead-end job she’s been working since high school, a job she only has because her boss is a family friend and feels sorry for her. Everyone has felt sorry for her for the last seven years—since the day her older sister, Kasey, vanished without a trace. On the night Kasey went missing, her car was found over a hundred miles from home. The driver’s door was open and her purse was untouched in the seat next to it. The only real clue in her disappearance was Jules Connor, another young woman from the same area who disappeared in the same way, two weeks earlier. But with so little for the police to go on, both cases eventually went cold. Nic wants nothing more than to move on from her sister’s disappearance and the state it’s left her in. But then one day, Jules’s sister, Jenna Connor, walks into Nic’s life and offers her something she hasn’t felt in a long time: hope. What follows is a gripping tale of two sisters who will do anything to find their missing halves, even if it means destroying everything they’ve ever known.

El thriller basado en hechos reales que arrasa en Estados Unidos. Más de 800.000 ejemplares vendidos y No1 en The New York Times. Un caso sin resolver. Una obsesión peligrosa. Un pueblo lleno de secretos. Margot Davies, desde niña, ha vivido atormentada por el caso de la pequeña January, una amiga de la infancia cuyo asesinato nunca fue resuelto. Veinte años después, convertida en periodista, se ve obligada a volver a su pueblo natal, un lugar opresivo del que siempre quiso huir, para cuidar de su tío enfermo. Poco después de su regreso, otra niña desaparece en circunstancias similares a las de January, y Margot deberá cubrir el caso para su periódico. Sin embargo, obsesionada por los fantasmas del ayer, decide investigar ambos casos en paralelo, enfrentándose a una comunidad que no quiere remover el pasado. Cuanto más profundiza en su investigación, más resistencia encuentra y más lejos se siente de la verdad. ¿Está su obsesión llevándola a cometer errores en su trabajo, o está realmente tras la pista de un asesino? ¿Qué riesgos corre al desenterrar secretos ocultos durante más de dos décadas? Inspirada en un caso real, Aquí todos somos buena gente es un thriller inquietante y lleno de tensión que plantea la perturbadora pregunta: ¿de qué son capaces nuestros vecinos cuando piensan que nadie los observa?

"#1 New York Times Bestseller Tutti a Wakarusa, in Indiana, si ricordano del tragico caso di January Jacobs, la bimba di soli sei anni scomparsa una notte e ritrovata morta in un fosso qualche ora dopo. E Margot Davies non è da meno: lei, che aveva la stessa età e abitava nella casa di fronte, quella notte non l’ha mai dimenticata, anche perché January era la sua migliore amica. Ora, dopo molti anni, Margot è diventata una brava giornalista e anche se la vita l’ha portata lontano, è sempre tormentata dal ricordo dell’amica e dal pensiero che avrebbe potuto esserci lei al suo posto. Ma quando ritorna a Wakarusa – la solita cittadina di provincia, pettegola e soffocante – il passato la investe con tutta la sua prepotenza: un’altra bambina è stata uccisa in circostanze simili a quelle di January. Margot decide quindi di indagare. Ripercorre piste già battute in passato, raccoglie indizi e formula ipotesi, decisa a trovare il filo comune di quelle due storie, l’elemento mancante che potrebbe finalmente assicurare alla giustizia il colpevole. Nessuno le dà retta però. Anzi, tutti in città sembrano avere un segreto da custodire. E più Margot indaga, più resistenza incontra, e il mistero attorno a January si infittisce sempre di più. Cosa le costerà scoprire la verità? Trascinante e imprevisto, con colpi di scena travolgenti, Tutta brava gente è un romanzo percorso da una domanda ineluttabile e affascinante: di cosa sono capaci le persone quando nessuno le vede?"

New York Times #1 Bestseller Az év könyve: PopSugar Sosem lehet tudni, mi történik a zárt ajtók mögött. Margot huszonhat éves, nagyvárosban él, újságíróként dolgozik. Most visszatér a szülővárosába, mert nagybátyja ápolásra szorul. Gyerekkorában a szemközti házban élő lány, January eltűnt, órákkal később az árokban találták meg. Margot és January pontosan egyidősek voltak. Húsz év telt el, de Margot továbbra sem tud szabadulni az érzéstől, hogy akár ő is lehetett volna a másik kislány helyett. Ami a legrosszabb, a gyilkost azóta sem kerítették kézre. Szülővárosa, az Indiana-beli Wakarusa pontosan olyan, mint amilyennek Margot régről emlékszik rá - fojtogató atmoszféra, titkolózó emberek. Aztán jön a hír, a szomszéd városkában eltűnt az ötéves Natalie Clark, kísértetiesen ugyanolyan körülmények között, mint ahogy annak idején January. Margot-ból előtörnek a régi érzések: megfogadja, hogy Natalie nyomára bukkan, és egyszer s mindenkorra megoldja January meggyilkolásának rejtélyét. Ashley Flowers a hetente 10 millió hallgatóval rendelkező Crime Junkie podcast házigazdája. Arizonában járt egyetemre, férjével és lányával Indianában él. Ashley Flowersnek ösztönös érzéke van a fordulatos cselekményhez és a hihető karakterekhez. A Sok jó ember döbbenetes bemutatkozó regény, amely friss hangot hoz a thriller műfajába. - Karin Slaughter A Sok jó ember három regényhez elegendő fordulatot és réteget kínál. Ashley Flowers fogott egy motívumot, amely a valóságból sajnos ismerős, és egy olyan történetet alkotott, amely lebilincselő és pszichológiailag gazdag, lezárása pedig egyszerre felkavaró és hihető. - Lou Berney A cselekmény néhány eleme megtörtént esetekre emlékeztetheti az olvasót, a regény végi csavar azonban teljesen eredeti. - Good Housekeeping Magával ragadó. - PopSugar Ashley Flowers új szintre emelte a megtörtént bűnesetek iránti szenvedélyét... Első könyve tökéletes, erős hatást gyakorló thriller. - People Flowers kísértetiesen érzi, milyen típusú történetre vágynak az amerikaiak. - Elle A Crime Junkie podcast rajongói és az olvasók készüljenek fel egy hajmeresztő, bizsergető, fordulatos és dermesztő olvasmányra, amely pontosan olyan, mint amilyet kedvenc házigazdánktól elvárunk. - BookTrib Ez az összetett, lebilincselő rejtély talán még azokat az olvasókat is meglepi, akik biztosak benne, merre tart a cselekmény. Flowers ígéretes első regénnyel indít. - Publishers Weekly

Margot Davies tinha seis anos quando a sua amiga January foi assassinada. As duas famílias eram vizinhas, e Margot cresceu convencida de que poderia facilmente ter sido ela a morrer. O assassino nunca foi encontrado. Margot nunca esqueceu. Vinte anos passaram e ela é agora uma jornalista de sucesso, tendo deixado a sua terra natal para trás. Mas a saúde cada vez mais frágil do seu tio obriga-a a voltar à pequena vila, que encontra como que parada no tempo. A somar a isso, as notícias do desaparecimento de Natalie Clark, de cinco anos, tornam a situação assustadoramente familiar e Margot promete a si mesma encontrar a menina e resolver o assassinato de January de uma vez por todas. Mas a polícia, a família, os habitantes da vila – todos parecem esconder alguma coisa. E quanto mais profundamente Margot investiga, mais resistência encontra, e mais afastada da verdade se sente. Poderá um criminoso viver tranquilamente numa comunidade pequena sem levantar suspeitas? Haverá alguém disposto a falar? E qual será o preço a pagar por desvendar o mistério daquela noite longínqua? Arrepiante e intenso, Tudo Boa Gente coloca a perturbante pergunta: do que são capazes os nossos vizinhos quando pensam que ninguém os está a ver?

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • 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. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: PopSugar You can’t ever know for sure what happens behind closed doors. Everyone from Wakarusa, Indiana, remembers the infamous case of January Jacobs, who was discovered 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 feeling 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 uncle after he is diagnosed with early-onset dementia, she feels like she’s walked into a time capsule. Wakarusa is exactly how she remembers—genial, stifled, secretive. Then news breaks about five-year-old Natalie Clark from the next town over, who’s gone missing under circumstances eerily similar to January’s. With all the old feelings rushing back, Margot vows to find Natalie and to solve January’s murder once and for all. But the police, Natalie’s 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 January’s killer still be out there? Is it the same person who took Natalie? And what will it cost to finally discover what truly happened that night twenty years ago? Twisty, chilling, and intense, All Good People Here is a searing tale that asks: What are your neighbors capable of when they think no one is watching?