Run don't walk to preorder this! Ashley Winsted has done it again. I was thrilled to get an ARC of this book. I stopped everything to start reading this. If you enjoy true crime, this book will be for you. The story was well done, I enjoyed the characters they were well developed. This book was strong from beginning to end. Yes, there are trigger warnings and gore, but it is so well done. I cannot wait to get a copy on my shelf. This will sure be a talked about book in 2025 Thank you to NetGalley and SOURCEBOOKS Landmark for providing me with an ARC.
5 stars (would give it more if possible)

Many thanks to @sourcebooks @bookmarked and @netgalley for my #gifted (free) copy. Pub date 3/25/25.

THIS BOOK WILL BE A CHART TOPPER IN 2025!!!! It was absolutely amazing, and Ashley's best book yet! If you have read any of Ashley's thrillers, you know there are many trigger warnings in her books. This one is scary, very gory, and I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. I will say the main character is grieving the loss of her dad, so I can definitely see how this could be a hard read. Pre-order and add this to your list because the #thrillerlovers and #truecrimelovers are going to go crazy for this one!

Jane Sharp just unexpectedly lost her dad, and she needs something to do to distract her from her grief. She becomes obsessed with #truecrime, and she befriends a group of armchair detectives over the internet. Together, they help solve a case, but then the crime of the century happens in Delphine, Idaho, and the group needs to get on this case. As they start investigating, things are way more complicated than they could ever imagine. The story is told through Jane's POV one year later after the events, she breaks her silence to the world of what really happened in Delphine, that will again shock the nation. 5+ stars!

This book had all the twists, none of which I saw coming. Right up to the ending. Loved it, maybe relied a bit too much on current events, but really good.

Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Landmark for providing this book, with my honest review below.

This Book Will Bury Me was fantastic! Following a bit of a young lost soul, Jane, as she struggles with her father’s death, the plot has Jane bringing the reader along in her thoughts as she joins an amateur sleuth message board and meets some other like minded people she gets close to while she tries to solve murders, but with a twist no one could have anticipated.

First things first, I’m sure this book will cause some controversy, or at least conflicting thoughts, because the main murders it focuses on Jane and her friends solving is almost exactly modelled after the Idaho murders from a few years back. I felt the story used them to the right effect, commenting on several things that grabbed attention back when they occurred - the overwhelmed local police force and the inordinate amount of attention the murders received in comparison to countless others, likely due to the youth and racial profile of the victims. That said if reading about something similar may bother you then don’t pick this one up. For those that will continue to be interested, This Book Will Bury Me followed the case and dreamed up an aftermath that I have seen in other cases, with the media frenzy and reporting that occurs and even countless books that may follow which are true in the eye of the beholder. This book, though, ultimately is a bit of a mystery and thriller. We follow Jane and her unique group of crime sleuthing friends as they try to solve the mystery and get a shock of their own. The only parts of this book that I didn’t love were concerning Jane’s quest for her father. While I know we all deal with grief in our own ways, Jane’s drive to have her father recognized as a hero / never forgotten on a national stage just didn’t connect for me.

Past that, I highly recommend you pick this up! I loved the look at the amateur true crime forums which exist and are much commented on but which I’ve never seen explored in fiction. I also appreciated that this follows a crime that still feels like it’s not resolved, revisiting it to comment upon not just the sensational pieces that may be front of mind for many.

4.5 Stars - rounded up
Could not contain my excitement to be able to read this ARC. Ashley Winstead's books are just the best and like usual this one is amazing as well!

Jane Sharp, a college student, suddenly loses her father. In her devastation she drops out of school and moves home to help her mom out. She becomes obsessed with true crime and with her proclaimed savant skills she can feel when something is sinister. She joins a forum for like-minded, true crime solvers. And they just happen to solve a crime. She is asked to join their inner circle - a retired detective, a retired librarian, a Navy man, and a hacker. They solve crimes over the internet and catch clues the cops are missing. Then a shocking murder strikes Idaho, 3 college girls are murdered and they decide they need to be the ones to solve it. But do they all really know each other as well as they should.

As always, Ashely Winstead spins an amazing thriller! This book was in a different format, written from Jane's point of view, as she writes her tell all book, and I loved it! I have to say I figured out the killer, but I don't think that distracted from the book, I think that sill added to getting to the conclusion. Such a great read!

The beginning was a little slow, felt like act one could have been potentially cut in half. Once I got through that however, I could not put the book down. Loved the premise of the stories, and the characters.

Did not like the annotations. I am not going to stop the story to go and reference them, and then by the time I get to them at the end of the chapter, I don't want o go back and search for them either. So I just skipped them completely.

This book had such good potential! It started off great, I love the premise and the characters are so likable. Now this next bit, I am going to be very harsh, but unfortunately, I feel like I need to be in this situation. The biggest thing that bothered me about this book, was the fact that the Idaho College murders didn't just inspire the main murder in the book, this book stole almost exact details from those murders. The murders happened less than two years ago. No justice has been brought yet for those victims. The trial is just now getting started, and it felt very exploitative to use this as the main hook of the book. And it doesn't feel like there was even an attempt to change anything. Hell, the murders happen in Idaho in the book!
That was really what put a sour taste in my mouth for this book, but as I got further into the story and I started figuring out the twists, it became much less interesting. Also, the ending felt very rushed and didn't fully make sense. I wish that the author had taken a bit care into what they were writing.

This Book Will Bury Me is different from any other thriller I have read before. Rather than a book about detectives working to solve a crime, I was greeted with a story about amateur true crime fans that piece together information and then feed their theory to the cops. The story was fast paced and engaging, so I was engrossed in the storytelling and not trying to figure out who the killer was.

The story focuses on college murders in a small Idaho town. I will say that the plot is similar to the real Idaho murders, so I found myself questioning at first if it was a work of fiction or if I had started reading a true story about the real Idaho murders. I went into this book blind, so I was just confused at first. I think the similarities were done so that it seemed more real/familiar, and the reader was invested in it.

This was my first novel by Ashley Winstead, so I will definitely be checking out her other books. Thank you, NetGalley and SOURCEBOOKS Lamdmark for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Jane Sharp, reeling from the unexpected death of her father, turns to the internet for a distraction, and becomes part of a true-crime sleuthing group. With Jane’s keen insight, the group quickly help the police solve a murder when their attention turns to a horrific triple murder of college students in Idaho. But being the center of attention has its drawbacks, as Jane and her friends soon discover. This Book Will Bury Me has an interesting format in the form of Jane writing “the book”, explaining their involvement in the investigation. There are obvious parallels to the recent real-life murder case of the Idaho college students, which apparently is intended to lend some authenticity to Jane’s group, and the blend of fact/fiction works well here, as you feel like you’re actually reading a true-crime novel. The book gets sentimental at times with Jane’s musings over her father’s death, but that’s integral to her determination to solve the case and explains her character’s at times risky and reckless behavior. Overall, this was a good read with some unexpected twists, and the group’s quest to solve the murders firmly holds the reader’s interest. I received an ARC of this book from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Firstly, I’ve got great admiration for Ashley Winstead, each of her books is very different. Very few authors can manage that, and fewer write such consistently good books.

This Book Will Bury Me tells the story of Jane Sharp, a college student whose dad has recently passed away. Her grief and emptiness feeds into an obsession with true crime chatrooms and before long she’s immersed in the search for a multiple killer.

Out of Ashley Winstead’s four books to date, this is the most murdery, a hunt for a killer, obsessively investigating suspects, poring over crime scene photos. It’s a fresh take on a murder investigation, and of course Jane Sharp has no idea how deep into the case she’ll be dragged.

It’s a brave book, Jane’s character is well-developed and the tension creeps up to an explosive finale.

Recommended.

Thanks to Netgalley and Sourcebooks Landmark

Ashley Winstead has done it again! True crime junkies, this one’s for you. But even if you aren’t (like myself) this book dives into amateur sleuthing into major crimes and gives a peek behind the curtain. Main character Janeway is a college dropout who’s dad passes away and she ends up dealing with her grief by joining an online crime solving forum. No spoilers but a case may look familiar…. I did figure out “Whodunnit” about halfway through the book but it didn’t ruin it for me at all as I was so curious to see how we’d get there. Definitely recommend.

Thanks to NetGalley and SOURCEbooks landmarks for the ARC. All opinions are my own.

What a ride. I didn’t read the synopsis before grabbing so it was a fun surprise that this was a book within a book. It reads exactly like a juicy tell all memoir. The beginning is a little slow and drawn out but around 40ish% it takes off and doesn’t stop. You definitely have to suspend belief for it all to work but I didn’t mind because I was heavily vibing 😂 I did have it mostly figured out around 50% but I was left guessing til almost the end 🙌🏼

This is not a negative, just a comment - Winstead is typically heavy on the social commentary but it is very toned down in this book which was a nice break. Made for a fun easy read!

Overall: a fun take on true crime internet sleuths

Ashley Winstead is a master at writing books that have so many twists and turns, where the book starts and where the book ends are in totally different mind blowing places.

I recommend her thrillers to everyone, and was beyond giddy to get an ARC from NetGalley. This Book Will Bury me has me trying to convince my friends to become amateur sleuths with me (Maille is the real one who agreed it would be epic).

This Book Will Bury me has so many relatable references that I felt like she targeted me and my generation so well. Let’s start with all of her Heather’s references, one of fave 80’s movies, “f**k me gently with a chainsaw, Heather”. Add in the parent obsessed with Star Trek, and all the nights spent watching and rewatching episodes with my mom, and knowing WAY too much about it for a small child. Top it off with our True Crime addiction and knowing all the random serial killer facts, like the Macdonald Triad.

To end this, you think you know, but you don’t.

And remember Daniel Sharp.

If Ashley Winstead writes it, I’ll be reading it.

This Book Will Bury Me tells the story of Janeway Sharp coincidentally turns to a true crime forum as a way to cope with the passing of her father. This is her tell all book on how she befriends a group of online sleuths who start to unravel cases that stump the police building a family-like bond including the most notorious case of the all, The Delphine Six.

I really enjoyed watching the case unravel before me. The suspense kept me on the edge of my seat anticipating what would happen next. I did figure out the twist before the end, but it still kept me engaged. There were Star Trek references in this book, and I wish I had more knowledge to help me with any parallelism that may have gone over my head.

Ashley Winstead, we are not worthy! This Book Will Bury Me starts out with a bang, flies around the turns and doesn’t let up until the finish line! Full of thrilling suspense and satisfying twists.

College student Janeway “Jane” Sharpe receives a distressing call from her mother that her dad has unexpectedly passed away. After seeing a news report on tv about a woman’s dismembered body being pulled from a lake by a fisherman, Jane becomes interested in true crime. Overcome with grief she finds distraction in online forums where people gather to discuss real life crimes and become “detectives” in the hope of solving the unsolvable. Jane becomes part of such a group interested in taking a crack at solving the Delphine Massacres. What starts out as mere curiosity takes a twisty turn. I will stop there, for Jane wants to tell you the whole sordid story herself.
𝑻𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒕.

I couldn’t read this book fast enough. The writing is top-notch and the story never lets up. If you love a great thriller or true crime that reads like a novel this is the book for you! This is my first read by Ashley Winstead but will not be my last.

Many thanks to NetGalley and SOURCEBOOKS Landmark for the advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review.

I have A LOT TO SAY about this book, and I CAN'T because it doesn't come out until March 😭 all I know is I'm forcing this one on my book club AND my sleuth society friends, ok?

As a former true crime fanatic, this book was a very pleasant surprise. A very sensational modern crime followed by many more crimes? Ashley Winstead left no stone unturned, and I devoured this thing. The second you open her books you know you're in for a rollercoaster. There is heavy grief, the need for acceptance, twists, and so much mystery. This book is outstanding 🙌

I lost my biological dad last year and the feelings this book brought to the surface are things I never thought I'd feel. This was raw and beautifully written.

TRUE CRIME girlies, report for duty. 🫡 You’ll EAT. THIS. UP. 🧬

Jane is a college student grieving the death of her father. Looking for a distraction, she joins an online network of amateur detectives OBSESSED with hunting killers. When news breaks of the murders of three college sorority girls in Idaho, Jane and her newfound friends are determined to solve the crimes. But the more answers they find, the more questions they have, and more bodies pile up. They begin to suspect that this serial killer may be more prolific than any they’ve faced before… Narrated by Jane one year after the events that concluded the case, she decides to break her silence by writing a book to tell the TRUE story of the Delphine Massacres. And you’ll be SHOCKED at what she has to say.

THIS BOOK WILL BURY ME will keep you on the edge of your seat, second guessing every single character and piece of evidence. The tension runs HIGH as we narrow in on the killer. It’s loaded with pulse pounding, action-packed twists til the very end. Y’all…THAT. ENDING. 👏🏽 Its unique style of writing includes parts as an online chat and footnotes which made the experience even more engaging. This is not just a crime thriller; Jane will have you feeling ALL the emotions, too.

I can always count on Ashley Winstead to write a FRESH, noteworthy story! She’s a WIZARD jumping from genre to genre, now adding a taste of true crime fiction. She knocked this out of the park!

This Book Will Bury Me
Ashley Winstead
25 March 2025
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Thank you, Sourcebooks, Netgalley, and Ashley Winstead for this ARC.

Ashley Winstead has, of course, done it again! Her book *This Book Will Bury Me* is truly outstanding, and I absolutely loved it! She has produced another highly addictive read, which I finished in a day. I was drawn in more and more with each page, each chapter saying, "You don't want to stop here. Keep reading!" Phenomenal as always, Ashley!

I absolutely loved the idea of this book! It felt super original and the writing was great. There were a lot of twists and turns and even though I had a feeling about the “bad guy,” the end was so satisfying! I really found myself getting attached to the main character and a lot of the side characters.

I enjoyed how the book explored different themes of grief, family, and friendship. It was also VERY descriptive with the violence and crime scenes, so just a warning there.

I did wish the book was a little quicker paced, as some moments felt a little drawn out. But overall, it was a super entertaining and engaging story and I really enjoyed it!

I am going to be in the minority but I did not like this book.
After Jane Sharp unexpectedly loses her father, she sets college aside and loses herself in true crime online forums to cope with her grief. Until she decides to join a group of web sleuths to try to solve the murders of three college girls in Delphine, Idaho.
I love and follow true crime and was instantly drawn to this book. But it just fell flat for me. While I had a lot of empathy for Jane and appreciated how she worked through her grief and tried to find her way to the other side, the true crime part did not work for me. All the details were too close to the ongoing investigation of the real Idaho 4 murders. And this book was just too long. It did not pick up until the second half, and at that point it was fairly obvious who the culprit was.
Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Landmark for an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.