Thank you SO MUCH Allison Z. & Minotaur for the arc in exchange for an honest review!
I have gotten my sister-in-law, my sister‘s boss, and my cousin, to all get into Stacey Willingham‘s books! I can’t necessarily put my finger on it, but there is something about the writing style of the book that makes it very easy for you to actually play things out in your head! Readers like me with ADHD tend to be more visual so her attention to RELEVANT detail is great! We have in this book a grieving mother, who has literally lost everything from her child, to her husband down to her relationship with her family members, and as somebody who does not have children myself I felt so bad for this main character. She had one goal and it was to figure out what happened to her child and everybody just wanted her to let it go but you will find out WHY and it was good! I rounded this up to 4 because about 98% of what happened came to full circle, the confrontation I feel was a teeny bit anti climactic because for the amount of trouble the main character went through I wanted a full blow Clint Eastwood The Good The Bad The Ugly show down, BUT I was very satisfied in the end and I can go to bed knowing I’ll pick up another SW book! Great Job!

I started the 2022 with A flicker in the dark and ended with this one! Oh what a ride! As a mother I can’t just read any book that involves missing baby/child because it triggers anxiety. What I loved about this one was the fact that the story leads you to believe that there is more (in a good way) to that! And I’m glad I gave it a shot! It was better than the first one!

Isabelle Drake hasn’t been the same since her young son, Mason went missing a year ago. Since that time it’s been 365 days of searching for her son, and for answers. Unable to sleep from the trauma, Isabelle fills her days (and nights) with research, trying to piece together the impossible.

But her son and sleep aren’t the only things Isabelle lost. Her marriage also fell apart, her husband walking away due to Isabelle’s consuming obsession with the truth. One day on the way back from a speaking engagement, Isabelle meets a true crime podcaster. Familiar with her case, he wants to help Isabelle tell her truth. At first she declines, but then she obliges. But the more she tries to piece together all of her losses, the more she starts to lose herself. Racked with a mix of sleep deprivation and desperation, Isabelle begins to question all that she knew to be true. Will she ever be able to put her demons, and her desire for the truth, to rest?

All the Dangerous Things is an addictive page turner from its start. The reader knows there’s more than meets the eye, but can’t quite put its finger in what that might be. While I did figure out some of the twist before it was fully revealed, it didn’t take away from my overall enjoyment.

If I were you, I wouldn’t sleep on picking up All the Dangerous Things sometime soon

I ended up reading this one physically as it was offered through Book of the Month. Overall, I enjoyed this one. I think it was better crafted than A Flicker in the Dark, which was good but not great for me. I liked the POVs and thought the overall premise was very intriguing. I think the child abduction angle added to the "thrilling" aspect, although I would classify this to be more like a mystery than a mystery/thriller. I think I will continue to read Willingham's work and am excited to see her progress.

I devoured this one in about 24 hours. Another thriller that I could NOT put down. All of the characters seemed sketchy to me and I honestly thought everyone was guilty. I didn’t love the ending as much as her debut BUT I still ate this shit up. Also the cover is creepy AF..

Here we have a very twisty tale covering a recent child abduction and the nagging memory of another child who was killed. While those around you are not quite what you think they are. Very richly written with intense descriptions, you will never guess whodunnit!

Many thanks to NetGalley and Minotaur Books for this ARC!

I was quite disappointed that I didn't love this more because I absolutely loved her last book. I'm just going to bullet points my thoughts for this one.

- the first half was SO slow and utterly boring.
- incredibly wordy to describe the most simple things.
- for being a thriller it wasn't very....thrilling.
- there was something about Isabelle that bothered me. Like...just really annoying. So her being the MC was a little rough.
- there was a dual timeline and I really couldn't have cared less about the past. I also didn't really care about the present until half way through when it started picking up some.
- the way the detectives responded to the situations in the past and present were so unbelievably that it probably bothered me the most out of everything in the book.
- the twists weren't as mind blowing like a lot of others thought.

Admittedly I didn't know who exactly did it, but I knew who it definitely wasn't, and I wasn't surprised at all by the outcome.

The funny thing is, I still really enjoyed the second half. It was much harder to put down and I thought it was written so much better, I just wish it was that way for the whole book.

I would still recommended this book to people, especially since sooooo many others enjoyed it more than me.

Thank you Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for an ARC. All opinions are mine and mine alone.

One of the best thrillers I've read in a long time. The alternating timeline worked well, and even though every thriller follows the same format, I will still completely enthralled and shocked by the ending. I highly recommend this one, and I like it even more than Stacy Willingham's debut novel. I can't wait to read more of her work.

This mystery thrilled follows Isabelle and her search for her son that was kidnapped a year ago. Isabelle's marriage has fallen apart as a result of the loss of her son and she is grappling with all of that and trying to get over a confusing memory of her past. The story alternates between present day and Isabelle's past memory surrounding the loss of her sister. Could Isabelle have done something to her son like she may have done to her sister?

I liked this book but I don't think as much as I did A Flicker in the Dark. It took a bit for me to get into it and then it really started moving but I was worried while it solved one issue, it would run out of time to solve another which is kind of did...it has an epilogue but it seemed like a weird way to end the book and then put so much in the epilogue. Still a quick paced read!

** Please be mindful of triggers as this book deals with PPD, kidnapping, childhood death, and more**

What a sophomore follow up to a Flicker in the Dark from Willingham!

In All the Dangerous Things, the pace is unforgiving, the narrator is unreliable, and the twists keep on coming.

This is a great thriller with some really tense moments. Much like Willingahm’s first book, some twists are predictable, but the writing remains phenomenal.

This is a solid four stars for me.

I think BookTok and Bookstagram are about to explode with people reviewing this book, and it will be a huge success for thriller lovers and Willingham.

**Many thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press, Minotaur Books for the digital ARC in exchange for an honest review. My opinions are my own.**

Unfortunately, I had to DNF this one. I absolutely devoured her previous book, but this one just couldn’t keep my interest.

I knew as soon as I heard about this one that I needed to grab a copy and read it ASAP. As a thriller lover, it was right up my alley. I really enjoyed this one and I'm so glad that I got the chance to read it! It was a fun read and twisty and and I think most people will enjoy it! I enjoyed the characters and enjoyed the writing by this author. I'm excited to see what the author comes out with next as I'll definitely be reading it!

4.5 round up. Stacy Willingham just became an auto-read author for me. I read her debut in '22 and it ranked among my favorites of the year. This was a strong follow-up for her. Isabelle Drake is living a nightmare, literally. Her 18 month old son was taken from his crib one year ago. And she hasn't slept since. I learned so much about sleep deprivation, the real type of sleep deprivation when you never sleep and the changes your body goes through including micro-sleeps. I could literally feel the scratchy red eyes as I read into the night. Willingham has produced a tension packed page turner that had me guessing until almost the end. Bravo! Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for an early release e-copy in exchange for my honest opinion. All the Dangerous Things will be available on 1/10/23.

I found this one to be a slow burn that really picked up about half way in. The tropes of unreliable narrator and dual timelines really worked well to propel this to a surprising ending. It’s scary how Willingham can really highlight how you can’t trust anyone and the bad guy can be hiding in plain sight. All the Dangerous Things was a great read.

I loved this thriller! It was full of twists and turns, and a jaw-dropping plot twist at the end. The entire delivery of this book was exactly what I needed.

Stacy Willingham is quickly becoming one of my favorite thriller authors! She cleverly weaves details throughout her books creating so much suspense! Thank you NetGalley and Minotaur Books for my advanced digital copy.

All the Dangerous Things is a dual timeline thriller telling the story of Isabelle Drake, a mother whose son was taken from his crib the year before. Since his disappearance, Isabelle has only been able to take "micro-naps" leaving her wide awake in the middle of the night obsessing over her son's case. Isabelle meets a true crime podcaster named Waylon who wants to interview her, but while they're working together, he seems to know more than he's letting on. As she shares more of her story with him, she worries that secrets from her past will come to the surface and her insomnia is making it hard to trust anyone, including herself. Even when it feels like there isn't any hope, Isabelle refuses to give up her search for her son.

I had this mystery solved about 2/3 of the way through the book, but it didn't take away from my enjoyment as I finished it up. I'm wrong so often when reading thrillers, that it feels really good to finally be right! Willingham's writing is so much fun to read and I love piecing together the clues she weaves throughout her books. It's described as a slow-burn thriller, but I was hooked from start to finish and didn't want to put it down. I had both the digital and audio copies which made for a great reading/listening experience! I highly recommend this one!

What to expect:
•Child missing
•Who done it vibes?
•Unreliable narrator
•True crime podcast vibes

Wow this book didn’t disappoint! It had me on the edge of my seat the entire time. I kept trying to figure out what happened to Mason, and who was responsible. I can definitely say I didn’t expect that twist at all. Which there were several twists you won’t see coming! This book was giving me Little Secrets/ The Girl on the Train vibes, both of which I loved.

Def one of best psychological thrillers I have read recently! I will 100% be ordering a physical copy of this book.

Thank you so much Netgalley, St. Martin's Press, & Minotaur Books for this advanced copy

This book started strong and I as drawn in, but then it just didn’t work for me. The twist and the storylines were predictable. I really dislike the overused troupe that is mentioned many times in the netgalley reviews. (Spoilers). The dual timelines and the childhood back story was not interesting to me.

Will be reviewing a physical copy of this one. Thank you again for the ARC and hopefully this opens up a space for someone else.

This one was a wild ride! I'm not sure if I'd be able to read this if I was pregnant/post partum, but I thought it was a fascinating story with good messages too (in spite of being a thriller!). Well-paced and satisfying ending.