This is my second Ashley Winstead book and I actually enjoyed this one way more than the first one.

This is definitely inspired by the Idaho murders which still hasn’t been served justice so keep that in mind with this read. Maybe there should have been a change since this will hit home for the families… either way please know there are families still hurting.

I do love a good true crime mystery read for sure! I felt the like the pacing was good for the story. It read like a Netflix show and I had to keep reading. Now the parts with about her father and his sci-fi fanfic I think that could have been omitted it didn’t really add much to the story. There were some parts thar were throwing a lot of details at one time but I kept up with most of it.

If you love mystery, true crime reads this one is for you and won’t disappoint!

Ashley Winstead has done it again!
Obsessive, fast-paced, and hard to put down. This was such a fun murder mystery thriller. I couldn’t put it down once I started it. I will read anything Ashley Winstead writes.

I’ll start by saying- I do hope that by the time this book is published, there will be an acknowledgment of the tragedy that is the real- life Idaho murders, which clearly inspired this story.

That aside, it was a quick and engaging story about the fascination with true crime, and how it differently affects those involved. The big reveal/twist was very obvious throughout, but it didn’t detract from wanting to read about the “why” of it all.

I also really liked how the author portrayed grief, through the lens of Jane losing her father. It was realistic and nuanced.

The book did not disappoint! Will continue to read everything winstead writes! This was amazing. The attention to detail and character building blew my mind

I knew going into the book that it was “inspired” by the Idaho murders, however the crime is almost a carbon copy with SO many similar details. It felt icky and wrong to be reading a book, that will surely be a bestseller due to who the author is, about an ongoing trial. The victims families have not received justice or closure, so it feels very insensitive. I’m honestly surprised this book has not had its publication pushed back.

I also think the book is too long. There is an entire chapter just about her father’s fan fiction that I completely skimmed through, because it contributes nothing to the plot and the book does start to drag for a bit. I appreciated how the author portrayed Jane’s grief and how people grieve differently, but I do think the book could be cut down.

I did guess the twist earlier on and it took awhile to wrap everything up at the end.

Thank you so much for the ARC, I guess the actual crime being SO identical to the Idaho murders was just not my thing. If there were changes made to that crime, it would be a much better book as the concept of the book is interesting.

Rounded up this one from 3.5 stars, This Book Will Bury Me was a dive into true crime groups and very closely followed the Idaho sorority murders that captivated American. I have mixed feelings on this book. I thought it started off great, fast paced then stalled out and just went on a little too long. I also didn’t realize how very close it would be to the actual murders that occurred in 2022 in Idaho that are still under investigation. I was actually quite surprised by that. I enjoyed the perspective the book was written in, the reader reading Janeways memoir. It kept me hooked and into the story, even when I felt it getting a little long. I enjoyed the characters and liked the little family they built from the forum. The relationships Janeway built with mistress and lightly were very sweet as she grieved her father’s death. I also feel like the author did a great job at expressing the grief and emotion one has over the loss of a parent and the change in dynamic it can cause with the surviving parent. All in all, I always recommend this author. Thank you NetGalley for the ARC, as well as the author and Sourcebook Landmark. All thoughts above are my own.

This book took me on a rollercoaster. I’m not sure how I liked the Reddit format, but once it turned into the Idaho murders I was intrigued but then it lost me again when the culprit(s) were revealed. Too much going on

After the unexpected passing of her father a young college student is trying to distract herself and learn the ebbs and flows of grief. While dealing with her sudden life change she begins playing an amateur sleuth online and ends up teaming up with some other true crime amateur sleuths who feel just as lost as she does in her new world. The group decides to meet up in real life and team up together to solve a crime when college students in Idaho keep getting murdered. These true crime buffs put their heads together and track down what the police and FBI seem to constantly be missing.

This book was fast paced and my first by this author. I am looking forward to reading more of her work. I enjoyed the true crime aspect as I find true crime interesting as well as the main character's process of grief and her outlook on life and loss. This book releases in March 2025 and I definitely recommend it being added to your TBR if you are a crime fiction and or true crime fan.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Sourcebooks for the gifted copy of Ashley Winstead's latest thriller.

WOW🤯
First of all a HUGE thank you to NetGalley, Sourcebooks Landmark & Ashley Winstead for this ARC copy of This Book Will Bury Me!

I’m going to be completely honest here — this book blew me away. I cannot even find the words of how to articulate just how good I thought it was or how much I truly enjoyed it!

I was kind of nervous to read it, since hearing/reading how parts were inspired by the real crime story of the Idaho 4 (and it being an active case going through courts currently). I have mixed feelings on the extreme similarities regarding details in the book that also took place in the real life happenings of the tragically lost college students. In theory this tale Ashley has spun is fiction, but inspired by very real events and aside from changing names (which half even rhymed with the real ones) and adding/subtracting # of real victims, etc., this felt in certain parts, so eerily true to the actual murder events and I don’t know how I feel about that. How should one feel about an author they’ve loved taking a real life tragedy and morphing those storylines & facts into warped versions of a new book? There are definitely complicated emotions there.

All in all, I personally don’t feel like Ashley had negative or ill-regarded motives on the writing of this book. I think like many she was enthralled in the Idaho 4 case, the side stories happening with web sleuths and maybe thought, “what could this have morphed into had xyz been different or went a wildly crazier way?” and ran with it. She weaved a perfectly enthralling web together that left me on the edge of my seat the entirety of the book — I was eager to know everything until the end and cannot stop thinking about every twist and turn! Once again, Winstead has placed a 5⭐️ read in my lap and I devoured it with no crumbs.

This Book Will Bury Me by Ashley Winstead
My rating:
4/5
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After the death of her father, Jane is on a mission to seek justice and closure. She finds herself on a true crime online forum quickly becomes immersed in trying to solve a case of a woman who was murdered.
Ashley Winstead is an auto-buy author for me! This one did not disappoint! I love her writing style and the quick chapters. This was a fast paced thriller that kept me on my toes.

I will say at times the story line did get a little confusing due to a lot of details and side plots that didn’t necessarily bring anything to the story. I did figure out the main “twist” which is why I am rounding down to 4.

Overall I really enjoyed this one and love a true crime book with online elements! Thank you netgalley and Sourcebooks for the ARC! Add this to your TBR now for when it comes out in March of 2025!

Ashley Winstead is one of my all time favorite thriller authors, and this book keeps her at the top of that list! One thing I LOVE is when a book has footnotes, I’m not sure why but the extra insight makes me so happy. That forum comments were a great addition as well.

Janeway was for sure an empath. I was happy we got a little backstory into her life and how her crime sleuthing began. I thought our whole cast of characters, especially from the forum were great characters that I wanted to love.

The book definitely used some ideas from national true crime stories that received a lot of coverage and most of us could name. I enjoyed the story being told to us in story format, by the main character. Ashley Winstead is very talented at telling stories that make you want to come back or keep going for more.

This book hooked me from the start and never let me go. I am a huuuuuge true crime fan so this was right up my alley. The sleuthing element was so unique to me. Ashley Winstead’s writing is just so captivating, I did not want to put this book down. All of the stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I want to start out by saying that I have read three books now from this author and I adore that every topic is different and feels fresh. I don’t believe that she falls into tropes or the same outline as I found others that are able to publish about a book a year have. That being said, I loved it and was very engrossed until I saw how much of it seems to cone from the Idaho murders… it’s a lot. That being said, it’s a twisty slowburn that people will enjoy if they don’t Wikipedia too much about its pretty clear inspiration.

The book had a somewhat gradual beginning, but about a quarter of the way through "This Book Will Bury Me," I found myself completely captivated. Jane, a 24-year-old, joins a group of amateur internet detectives following her father's death. The group gains recognition after successfully solving a complex murder case. However, when a serial killer emerges in Idaho, they decide to travel there to investigate. The intensity builds significantly as the story unfolds. Narrated from Jane’s perspective, she writes a book recounting the events to clarify the circumstances and motivations behind everything that transpired. Overall, it's an engaging read!

I am usually a scaredy cat when it comes to thrillers and murder books, and the dark themes at the beginning of the story almost made me put the book down. But I stuck with it and I’m glad I did- this story sucked me in and got me out of a major reading rut. I loved the novel-within-a-novel structure and the breaking of the fourth wall (even though others seem to not). Ashley Winstead knows how to make a reader NEED to turn a page. I didn’t see the twist coming, and I thought it was clever.

I agree with others critiques that it feels icky how the author drew so much inspiration from the Idaho murders. The story diverged from the true crime story, but the similarities were striking and unexpected. I wish I didn’t enjoy this book as much as I did because of that. However, I feel as though paralleling a real-life case so much actually adds depth to the questions raised about the true crime community and sensationalizing these tragedies…. Maybe that was her point? Regardless, I cannot speak for how this may impact the families of those affected, and I hope justice is served.

All in all, I’m very curious to see how this will be received on pub day. Thank you to the publisher and Net Galley for providing me with an advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Ashley Winstead is such a fascinating author and her stories really span across different genres. The Book Will Bury Me is another great example of her writing and story-telling. She is an automatic read for me.

Thank you for the chance to read this book early! I’m a huge fan on Ashley’s work, so far The Last Housewife being my favorite. This book wasn’t not good but because it was based on something so real and recent, it seemed too familiar and obvious. The book was a little slow to start and dragged a bit but by Part 2 I was more invested. I enjoyed the family dynamic that the sleuths found in each other. It was also interesting to have a murder mystery solved from a different perspective other than a detective. The murder mystery reveal was predictable but I enjoyed the ending of Jane’s discovery journey about her father. Overall it was enjoyable but I do think it could’ve been shorter.

As with all of Ashely Winstead's work, This Book Will Bury Me was compulsively readable. I found myself reaching for it at 3AM when I couldn't sleep, and had to force myself to put it down and get some shut-eye. TBWBM sheds unflinchingly honest light on the scavenger-like nature of armchair detectives and Reddit sleuths. I cringed at the lengths Jane and the others went to in order to secure an "in" on the case. Ashely Winstead does a great job creating an ensemble cast of characters (think: In My Dreams I Hold a Knife), and TBWBM was no different; you really rooted for the group's friendship and comradery to go the distance. There is a great deeper emotional tie-in to Jane's father's death and her investigation into his life and the ending really puts a bow on that for you. There was enough going on here without the Lizzie Bath angle, which did feel superfluous and somewhat random in the third act. Overall a great read - bring this one on Spring Break or to the beach this summer!

Ive really enjoyed Ashley Winstead's past thrillers so was excited to pick this one up. This one is my favorite so far! Pulled me in right away and kept me turning the pages. If you like fast paced thrillers with twists, pick this up!

4⭐️

I really enjoyed this latest book by Ashley Winstead. When I read the synopsis, I was intrigued by the premise, especially the focus on amateur crime internet sleuths. I'm happy to say that the book lived up to my expectations.

The story revolves around a young college student grappling with the sudden death of her father. As she navigates her grief, she finds solace in becoming an amateur web sleuth, attempting to solve murder cases. However, there is a fine line between finding an outlet for her emotions and becoming obsessed to avoid confronting her grief. The narrative unfolds in a non-linear fashion, alternating between the present and reflections on past events, highlighting how she formed a found family with strangers online.

My only complaint is that the book has some pacing issues. It felt a bit long and dragged in the middle, while the ending seemed to rush through key moments. Overall, though, I genuinely enjoyed this read, and I would definitely pick up another book by Ashley Winstead in the future.

Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Landmark for this advanced reader copy. My review is voluntarily my own.