Thanks for Watching - Hardcover

by Kate Cavanaugh (Author)

This irreverent psychological thriller shows the humor and dark side of the life of an influencer - think And Then There Were None but with sponsored livestreams.

Michelle Monroe's fifteen minutes are almost up.

After ten years online, she is a master at her trade: scamming her fans. But her once-bright internet stardom is blinking into oblivion. The brand deals are drying up, the views are plummeting, and even her haters no longer care enough to snark.

When she spots an ornate, scarlet envelope sitting outside her high-rise condo, she realizes her luck is about to change. It's an invite to an exclusive brand trip for the new energy drink company, Excelsior. The answer is easy: Yes. Even if she has to tolerate hours with the peers that surpassed her.

The worst she expects is a blow-out fight or two (filmed, of course, from multiple angles). But no one anticipates joining a different kind of Mile-High Club: witnessing the death of their frenemy at 30,000 feet. Still, the most tragic news of all is that there's no internet on the island, no turndown service, and only each other and their shared grudges for entertainment.

As the backstabbing turns literal, and more influencers die in awful, strange ways, the dwindling group can no longer deny the obvious: someone gathered them there to die.

Author Biography

Perpetually curious and powered by coffee, Kate Cavanaugh is a fan of stories in all their many forms. Though she may be a "genre hopper," she especially loves writing mystery, romance, and fantasy, especially with little twists that make her giggle.

An "authortube grandma," Kate has been posting writing experiments and vlogs to her YouTube channel for over eight years. She also streams productivity sprints on Twitch, with the help of her amazing and ominous D100.

When she's not at her computer, Kate can be found watching reality TV while she crochets, surrounded by her three dogs and one black cat.