207 Book Talk

  Title: "People to Follow"  Author: Olivia Worley Genre: Thriller Publication Date: October 31, 2023 Rating: ★★★★☆ (4/5) In her debut novel, "People to Follow," Olivia Worley dives into the treacherous world of social media influencers. With a high-stakes plot and a cast of interesting characters, Worley takes readers on a well-written journey filled with suspense, danger, and unexpected twists. The story revolves around ten young adult influencers who, enticed by the promise of continued or renewed fame and fortune, find themselves isolated on a private island for a reality show. What initially seems like an escape quickly transforms into a nightmare when they discover the true purpose of their trip: to pay for their past transgressions. As the body count rises, those who survive must navigate a treacherous game of trust and betrayal, desperately trying to unmask the person, or people, behind their impending cancellation. Worley's portrayal of the social media...

Wayward   is the second book in Blake Crouch's Wayward Pines trilogy. After surviving a fête, Ethan Burke is now sheriff of the town of Wayward Pines, Idaho. He had woken up there just two weeks before, on a case for the Secret Service trying to find two missing agents from the Boise office, and now he is "in charge" of this charming, Stepford-esque town.  David Pilcher's experiment to save the world is perhaps not going as well as he had planned. Many residents of Wayward Pines, population 461, struggle to go along with the status quo, pretending that their former lives no longer exist. Talking about the past is forbidden. There are cameras and microphones watching and listening to everything in town, so how can anyone find an escape, physically or mentally? Ethan struggles with the right choice. Is it more important to protect the town from what is outside the fence, or to protect them from the man who put them all there in the first place? Will his son ever have a ...

  I have been a fan of Karin Slaughter 's since the beginning of her Grant County series back in 2001. Just like any author with a long time writing career, some books end up better than others, and The Silent Wife  is definitely one of those better books.  This is the tenth entry in Slaughter's Will Trent series, and lots of familiar characters are back in action. Will and his feisty partner Faith are called out to help investigate a murder that took place during a prison riot. During the course of their work, they meet with a prisoner that has information to offer. Will, Faith, and the other members of their GBI team are in for a shock when the prisoner assures them he has proof that Jeffrey Tolliver was a crooked cop. Readers unfamiliar with the storyline, take note that Jeffrey is the murdered husband of Will's girlfriend, and GBI medical examiner, Sara. This accusation is a doozy, and it sends them scrambling to find the truth. This storyline goes deep and just gets ...