{"product_id":"we-are-watching-a-novel-isbn-9780063000964","title":"We Are Watching: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Gaylin’s clean prose and controlled narrative voice bring an all-too-realistic chill …. it might also bring to mind the paranoiac claustrophobia of \u003cem\u003eRosemary’s Baby\u003c\/em\u003e.”—\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling and Edgar and Shamus Award–winning author Alison Gaylin comes a riveting tale of psychological suspense and family bonds, in which a mother and daughter are desperate to protect one another as they become targets of a group of violent conspiracy theorists.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSometimes the world \u003cem\u003eis\u003c\/em\u003e out to get you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeg Russo was behind the wheel when it happened. She and her husband Justin were driving their daughter Lily to Ithaca College, the family celebrating the eighteen-year-old music prodigy’s future. Then a car swerved up beside them, the young men inside it behaving bizarrely—and Meg lost control of her own vehicle. The family road trip turned into a tragedy. Justin didn’t survive the accident.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour months later, Meg works to distract herself from her grief and guilt, reopening her small local bookstore. But soon after she returns to work, bizarre messages and visitors begin to arrive, with strangers threatening Meg and Lily in increasingly terrifying ways. They are obsessed with a young adult novel titled \u003cem\u003eThe Prophesy\u003c\/em\u003e, which was published thirty years earlier. An online group of believers are convinced that it heralds the apocalypse, and social media posts link the book—and Meg’s reclusive musician father—to Satanism. These conspiracy theorists vow to seek revenge on\u003cem\u003e The Prophesy\u003c\/em\u003e’s author...Meg.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the threats turn violent, Meg begins to suspect that Justin’s death may not have been an accident. To find answers and save her daughter, her father, and herself, Meg must get to the root of these dangerous lies—and find a way to face the believers head-on … before it’s too late.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cbr\u003e “Gaylin shines a harsh light into the darkest nooks of the web. The result is a timely and terrifying page-turner.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Gaylin’s chilling tale is right on point for our disinformation-fueled times.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAir Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Unpredictable and unique….Richly-drawn relationships, specifically between parent and child, take the idea of feeling ‘seen’ in fiction and push into the more frightful territory of being watched.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePittsburgh Post-Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Gaylin’s thrillers will always keep readers hooked.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUS Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Gaylin writes perceptively about grief, guilt, and the complexities of parent-child relationships, while also spotlighting the dangers of misinformation and the allure of conspiracy theories in times of chaos. Timely, terrifying, and all too plausible.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Briskly paced, \u003cem\u003eWe Are Watching\u003c\/em\u003e demonstrates how ordinary people can overcome outrageous circumstances….A gripping thriller.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A pure marvel….With a storyline that toes the line between psychological suspense and horror, there is something for everyone here to enjoy. There is not a predictable second in this story, and no one is who they seem to be.... \u003cem\u003eWe Are Watching\u003c\/em\u003e is beyond memorable.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookreporter.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Gaylin matches her lucid, propulsive prose with crackerjack plotting. This will grip readers from start to finish.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Gaylin writes highly suspenseful, plausible stories about ordinary people caught up in unusual circumstances….In turn, that means her books are very hard to put down: we’re invested in the stories and absolutely will not stop reading until the book is done. A first-rate thriller from a fine writer.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Chilling domestic drama is Gaylin’s trademark, and \u003cem\u003eWe Are Watching\u003c\/em\u003e captures the Edgar-winning author at the top of her game. Expertly weaving a terrifying suspense plot with family dynamics, she unfurls a creepy and all too believable premise against a backdrop in which everything is familiar, and nothing is as it seems. A harrowing nail-biter from the first chapter to the last!\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWendy Corsi Staub, New York Times bestselling author\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Alison Gaylin has once again excavated the horror and danger lurking everywhere, even in picture-perfect towns. She is today's best chronicler of a certain kind of malaise that can come for any of us, at any time. I loved it.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaura Lippman, New York Times bestselling author of Prom Mom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Alison Gaylin’s \u003cem\u003eWe Are Watching\u003c\/em\u003e continues her unbeatable streak of timely, of-the-moment mysteries steeped in the primal elements of noir, but refreshingly modern in their execution. Taut, heart wrenching, and empowering, \u003cem\u003eWe Are Watching\u003c\/em\u003e will pull you in and refuse to let go until the final, gripping page.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlex Segura, bestselling author of Secret Identity and Alter Ego\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “\u003cem\u003eWe Are Watching \u003c\/em\u003ecombines everything I love about an Alison Gaylin thriller – complex parent-child relationships, wonderful prose, and plenty of pop culture references – with a haunting, post-pandemic plot unlike anything I’ve seen from the Edgar Award-winning author before. You’ll be reading all night – with every light on and door locked!” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKellye Garrett, award winning author of Missing White Woman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “[Gaylin’s] best yet….Both deeply personal \u0026amp; extraordinarily timely, with a plot straight out of the news cycle.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrimeReads\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Chilling...this terrific novel is...propelled by an iron-tight plot that becomes increasingly tense.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review on The Collective\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “This electrifying thriller dares us to walk a thin line between justice and bloodlust.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople on The Collective\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “It’s gripping, suspenseful, and dark. This is one you want to read first.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarlan Coben (on The TODAY Show) for The Collective\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Gaylin’s prose, so achingly pure yet electric in its gathering rage, pulls readers so far into the abyss… Even after reading its shattering conclusion, you might be drawn back to the beginning of this blistering novel in search of every last breadcrumb Gaylin has dropped.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times on The Collective\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “With her astonishing new novel \u003cem\u003eWe Are Watching\u003c\/em\u003e, Alison Gaylin expertly mines our cultural moment. A masterful followup to \u003cem\u003eThe Collective\u003c\/em\u003e, it’s a harrowing, haunting exploration of the perilous lure of conspiracy thinking and the dangerous power of false belief.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMegan Abbott, New York Times bestselling author\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Alison Gaylin proves once again that she is a master at mining the zeitgeist to create smart thrillers that are at once emotionally resonant and truly terrifying.\u003cem\u003e We are Watching\u003c\/em\u003e is an utterly captivating, chillingly modern tale of how conspiracy theories can spin from shadowy circles on the web into real-world dangers.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlafair Burke, New York Times bestselling author of The Note\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"William Morrow Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48588081627365,"sku":"NP9780063000964","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780063000964.jpg?v=1773961927","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/we-are-watching-a-novel-isbn-9780063000964","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}