The Influencer

A Short Story

By: Joyce Maynard

Narrated by: Hillary Huber, Patrick Lawlor

Insta-fame has deadly repercussions in a timely short story of dark psychological suspense by New York Times bestselling author Joyce Maynard.

Tammy Partridge and her boyfriend, Kevin, are on a photo-ready road trip across America in pursuit of influencer fame. Only a couple hundred followers so far, including Roxanne, a superfan of the beautiful young couple. But when Tammy’s body is discovered in the Utah wilderness, and Kevin is nowhere to be found, the picture-perfect adventure suddenly goes wrong—and viral, with three million followers and counting. Motives are questionable. Conspiracy theories cloud the dark corners of the internet. As everyone spins their own version of the truth, reality is getting harder to see. Except for Roxanne, who’s been following closer than anyone else.

©2022 Joyce Maynard. (P)2022 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Joyce never disappoints!

This story seems based on the Gabby Petito saga and at first I was not happy the male character was portrayed sympathetically but as we delved deeper: OMG!! Joyce, you hit this one out of the park!! But then again, when don’t you?

could have been longer

not bad for a short story but I would not have minded if it was longer

Taken from a True Crime Case, is that Cheating?!

I wouldn’t have read this if I would have known it was based on a real case, but if you can separate that then you will find interesting the self centered people of the story and appreciate the humor. I admit that was a bit tough for me.

Kept moving

Good story, fun fan fiction that wasn’t too drawn out with overwhelming details. Good narration.

Strange

Very modern and strange. Social media. Trying to get rich. Best character is the dog.