Alice Isn't Dead

 Alice Isn't Dead by Joseph Fink, 323 pages. 

After Keisha's wife disappeared, the grief nearly destroyed her. When she starts seeing her in background of news reports across the country, looking into the camera at disaster sites and tragedies, Keisha decides that the only thing that matters is finding Alice. So she becomes a truck driver and scours the country for her wife, finding herself quickly sinking into a conspiracy of monsters.

This book was written by Joseph Fink, one of the co-creators of the hit podcast Welcome to Nightvale, and is based on a podcast also called Alice Isn't Dead. It was this podcast link that made me think this may be a good audiobook choice for me, but to be honest it mostly made me curious about the original podcast. That being said, I did still like this book. Keisha has anxiety, and the way it was handled was unusual and interesting. There are also some interesting, if not extremely original, meditations on the nature of hatred and collective action. I liked this book, but I'm not sure it's high on my recommendations list, and I suspect it's not better than it's source material. I suspect people who enjoy horror set on highways and in liminal spaces would enjoy this treatment of the topic.