She is certain someone had to have planted the blanket BEFORE Jace found January (and before Krissy staged the scene. You also get alternating chapters told from the POV of January’s mom, Kristy, from 1994 when the murder occurred. This isn’t a fast paced book, but it moves at a steady pace with several twists thrown in along the way. What fell short for me was the various characters that seem to come and go and the reader had no idea to where or why.

Initially when I started this review I was going to give it 2 stars but in good faith I cannot - clearly there were too many things I disliked - I am going to downgrade to a 1.I’m glad I didn’t go by some of the not so great reviews and skip this one, because I thoroughly enjoyed this book! But after what happened to January, WHY did Dave/Luke never say anything about this to Krissy or the police or anyone?

I used to be a big fan of the podcast in its early days, but since the plagiarism came to light, I have not felt right to keep supporting the author and the co-host.It’s been 25 years since the death of her childhood friend, January Jacobs, and she feels that more childhood killings are related to that of her friend. Written in a dual timeline narrative, it gives us the 1994 disappearance of a six year old girl and a similar disappearance twenty years later. I didn't expect much from the queen of true crime plagiarism, but I somehow thought the story would at least seem incentive. As Margot digs deeper, she begins to suspect that there is something truly sinister lurking in the small community: a secret that endangers the lives of everyone involved…including Margot. The book diverges from there, but despite a story that has its interesting moments, the writing is so poor that it detracts from what could have been a good murder mystery.

Speaking of the end, it’s the only part of the book I didn’t love, as there were loose ends I didn’t feel were tied up (and I love when everything is tied up neatly!She used a hammer to smash the basement window from outside and spray paint threats on the wall and make it look like an intruder took January.

Dave/Luke knew (since 1994) that he was the father of Krissy’s twins, knowledge made even more painful by the fact that he and his wife Rebecca were unable to have biological children. Billy admits to Margot that he killed Krissy after he THINKS she has figured out he’s the one who killed January.this is for lovers of true crime, the JonBenet Ramsey case, quick thrillers and multiple red herrings. This spring, some media outlets raised the possibility of doing enhanced DNA testing in the hopes of finally solving the case, but I haven’t seen any results of that or know if it ever happened. I did like the alternative POVs from Krissy (January’s mum - back from when January was killed) and Margot (in the present day).