We Are Watching    by Alison Gaylin Order:  USA  Can William Morrow, 2025 (2025) Hardcover, e-Book      Reviewed by Hilary Williamson Alison Gaylin writes unusual mysteries - think Trashed, And She Was, and What Remains of Me. Here's another equally compelling tale, with a strong streak of horror, We Are Watching. In it, Magnolia 'Meg' Russo and her family become the target of crazed conspiracy theorists. First, her husband Justin dies in a car accident triggered by bizarrely behaving young men in a car that swerves beside theirs and honks repeatedly. Grieved and feeling responsible for Justin's death, Meg reopens a local bookstore, but odd happenings and online threats continue. Seems that thirty years before, Meg had written a YA novel entitled The Prophesy, that a spreading social media cult has come to believe is linked to Satanism. They're after both Meg and her reclusive father, Nathan Lerner, a famed, rather neurotic musician, accused by the same kooks of being an evil warlock. Nathan has long been in hiding. Meg's daughter Lily, also a talented musician, is targeted and manipulated as well, but in a different way. Both question who they can trust as events - and violence - escalates. Meg, Nate and Lily all do what they can to prevent the threat looming like a sword of Damocles over their family. They survive, but it's close, and the author injects a final shocking twist in the ending. Note: Opinions expressed in reviews and articles on this site are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of BookLoons. Find more Mystery books on our Shelves or in our book Reviews