“Gaylin shines a harsh light into the darkest nooks of the web. The result is a timely and terrifying page-turner.” - Oprah Daily

“Gaylin’s chilling tale is right on point for our disinformation-fueled times.” - Air Mail

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.” - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“Gaylin’s thrillers will always keep readers hooked.” - US Weekly

“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.” - Kirkus Reviews

“Briskly paced, We Are Watching demonstrates how ordinary people can overcome outrageous circumstances….A gripping thriller.” - Shelf Awareness

“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.... We Are Watching is beyond memorable.” - Bookreporter.com

“Gaylin matches her lucid, propulsive prose with crackerjack plotting. This will grip readers from start to finish.” - Publishers Weekly

“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.” - Booklist

"Chilling domestic drama is Gaylin’s trademark, and We Are Watching 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!" - Wendy Corsi Staub, New York Times bestselling author

“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."

- Laura Lippman, New York Times bestselling author of Prom Mom

“Alison Gaylin’s We Are Watching 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, We Are Watching will pull you in and refuse to let go until the final, gripping page.” - Alex Segura, bestselling author of Secret Identity and Alter Ego

“We Are Watching combines 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!” - Kellye Garrett, award winning author of Missing White Woman

“[Gaylin’s] best yet….Both deeply personal & extraordinarily timely, with a plot straight out of the news cycle.” - CrimeReads

“Chilling...this terrific novel is...propelled by an iron-tight plot that becomes increasingly tense.”  - New York Times Book Review on The Collective

“This electrifying thriller dares us to walk a thin line between justice and bloodlust.” - People on The Collective

“It’s gripping, suspenseful, and dark. This is one you want to read first.” - Harlan Coben (on The TODAY Show) for The Collective

“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.” - Los Angeles Times on The Collective

“With her astonishing new novel We Are Watching, Alison Gaylin expertly mines our cultural moment. A masterful followup to The Collective, it’s a harrowing, haunting exploration of the perilous lure of conspiracy thinking and the dangerous power of false belief.” - Megan Abbott, New York Times bestselling author

"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. We are Watching is an utterly captivating, chillingly modern tale of how conspiracy theories can spin from shadowy circles on the web into real-world dangers." - Alafair Burke, New York Times bestselling author of The Note