Watch It Burn, Kristen Bird
Watch It Burn, Kristen Bird
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Watch It Burn

Author: Kristen Bird

Narrator: Megan Tusing, Hillary Huber, Jennifer Sun Bell, Chris Andrew Ciulla

Unabridged: 9 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/12/2024


Synopsis

“NXIVM meets Southern suspense…. Gripping, timely, and ominous.”

—Allison Buccola, author of Catch Her When She Falls

Three women work to uncover the scorching lies and scandal behind a self-help movement, igniting a powder keg of secrets that could blow their town apart, in this suspense novel perfect for readers who love Southern mystery.

It’s early morning in the small Texas town of Edenberg when the body of sixty-five-year-old Beverly Hoffman is discovered in the Guadalupe River—drowned in only two inches of water.

After elementary school teacher Nichole Miller discovers the woman's body, she makes two phone calls: first to the police, who call Beverly's death a slip and fall, and second to her best friend, journalist Jenny Martin. Jenny is attempting to revive her flailing marriage and her all-but-DOA career, and she knows foul play when she sees it. The two women enlist the help of Beverly’s daughter-in-law, Robin, who’s eager to expose the truth.

Beverly had been beloved in the tight-knit community, having cofounded the wildly popular personal-development company Genetive, Inc., alongside her influential husband. But something sinister has been smoldering beneath the surface of their picturesque hometown. And Genetive is at the center of it all.


About Kristen Bird

Kristen Bird lives outside of Houston, Texas with her husband and three daughters. She earned her bachelor’s degree in music and mass media before completing a master’s in literature. She teaches high school English and writes with a cup of coffee in hand. In her free time, she likes to visit parks with her three daughters, watch quirky films with her husband and attempt to keep pace with her rescue lab-mixes. THE NIGHT SHE WENT MISSING is her debut novel.


Reviews

I think I'm an outlier for this title but I found this book to be kind of a mess. Too many POV characters and too much back and forth going on. Couple that with a ton of unneeded unnecessary stuff about a cult-like company dead set on making women into 50s stereotypes and to me it was a muddled mess......more

Goodreads review by Teju

Don't ask me what this book was all about, cos I have no clue! I really need to stop getting seduced by book covers; im going to start picking better! Tedious read, proceed with caution! Solid 1.5 Stars!......more

Kept seeing this book all over my bookstagram feed so of course had to read! “Watch it burn” is set in a conservative town of Texas, and focuses on the circumstances surrounding a mysterious death. There are references to small town politics and culty vibes, and focuses on a group of strong minded wo......more