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Also by Alison Gaylin:

We Are Watching, January 2026
Paperback / e-Book
We Are Watching, February 2025
Hardcover / e-Book
Robert B. Parker's Bad Influence, June 2023
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The Collective, November 2022
Paperback / e-Book
The Collective, November 2022
Hardcover / e-Book
If I Die Tonight, February 2021
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Never Look Back, July 2019
Paperback / e-Book
If I Die Tonight, March 2018
Paperback / e-Book
What Remains of Me, March 2016
Paperback / e-Book
Stay With Me, July 2014
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Into The Dark, January 2013
Paperback / e-Book
And She Was, March 2012
Paperback / e-Book
Heartless, September 2008
Hardcover
Trashed, September 2007
Hardcover
You Kill Me, December 2005
Paperback
Hide Your Eyes, March 2005
Paperback

THE COLLECTIVE
By: Alison Gaylin

A Novel

William Morrow Paperbacks
November 2022
On Sale: October 25, 2022
352 pages
ISBN: 0063143569
EAN: 9780063143562
Kindle: B08FK5PZWG
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Hardcover (November 2022)

Mystery Amateur Sleuth | Thriller Crime

The USA Today bestselling and Edgar Award–winning author of Never Look Back and If I Die Tonightasks how far a grieving mother will go to right a tragic wrong in this propulsive novel of psychological suspense.

Camille Gardener is a grieving—and angry—mother who, five years after her daughter’s death, is still obsessed with the privileged young man she believes to be responsible.

When her rash actions draw the attention of a secret group of women—the collective— Camille is drawn into a dark web where these mothers share their wildly different stories of loss as well as their desire for justice in a world where privilege denies accountability. Fueled by mutual rage, the collective members devise and act out retribution fantasies via precise, anonymous, highly coordinated revenge killings.

As Camille struggles to comprehend whether this is a role-playing exercise or terrifying reality, she must decide if these women are truly avenging angels or monsters. Becoming more deeply enmeshed in the group, Camille learns truths about the collective—and about herself—that she may not be able to survive