All the Dangerous Things: The gripping new psychological thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of A Flicker in the Dark

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I knew who the bad person was very early on though I admit I didn't know exactly how it all went down it and when I found out I just shrugged my shoulders ready to move on. Think of Iain Reid: he can bring all the spooky vibes without winding similes and melodramatic run-on sentences. Journalist Isabelle Drake, the narrator of this lyrical thriller from bestseller Willingham ( A Flicker in the Dark), is struggling with overwhelming grief and guilt a year after her toddler son, Mason, disappeared one night from their Savannah, Ga. With no one above suspicion and over a year since Mason was taken, will Isabelle be able to figure out what happened on that fateful night?

The year is 1999, and a young Isabelle is growing up in a luxurious mansion, a home with an external opulence that belies the dysfunction within its walls. He says Alison was pregnant when she died, and that she never would have taken her baby’s life along with her own. The book has already been praised as “riveting” (Megan Miranda) and “bingeworthy” (Caroline Kepnes), and it’s sure to be one of fall’s must-read crime novels. Her husband Ben already lost his hope and moved on in his life, dating with a new woman who is younger version of Isabella.Stacy Willingham is the New York Times, USA Today and internationally bestselling author of A Flicker in the Dark, All the Dangerous Things and Only If You're Lucky. In hopes of jarring loose a new witness or buried clue, she agrees to be interviewed by a true-crime podcaster―but his interest in Isabelle's past makes her nervous. Though some of the climactic twists don’t quite convince, Isabelle’s vivid memories of a past she’s coming to question nicely intersect with her increasingly dangerous drive for answers. We also get to know more about her relationship with her husband Ben – how they met, their marriage, and subsequent events.

In All The Dangerous Things, Stacy Willingham tosses in that pebble to keep the expertly crafted plot of this STUNNING thriller rippling, changing, and SURPRISING the reader from page one until its breathtaking end! When he tells her that Mason could have only been taken by someone familiar, she kicks him out, believing he blames her for Mason’s disappearance. Highly recommended for fans of Lisa Jewell’s THEN SHE WAS GONE and Jennifer Hillier’s LITTLE SECRETS, this is a 2023 mystery not to be missed.Isabelle confronts him, and he tells her that they have known each other for two years but that the last time he saw her, she had Mason with her. Isabelle Drake is exhausted and hasn't slept in nearly a year since her toddler son, Mason, was taken during the night.

My only minor critique of her first book was that I thought she had written one twist TOO many and should have stopped after the first one.As her insomnia worsens, Isabelle begins to doubt her own memories of the night Mason disappeared, and questions the trustworthiness of those around her, including herself.