Watch Her Run is a thriller about Jade, a young woman whose influencer income supports herself, her adoptive parents, and her two brothers. Virginia, the mother, is a self-absorbed woman who resents that her daughter is more famous, but is wise enough to use media to promote her daughter and thus increase the family’s income. The wedding, of course, must be perfect; and to fan the flames of interest, she arranges for a video documentary of the cake tasting, bridal gown fittings, etc. Jade has a few secrets hidden in the past that come to light during the novel and increase the suspense.
On the day of the wedding, needing some air, Jade takes off in an aunt’s vehicle, setting in motion a complex plot with a kidnapping and multiple potential villains. Erin Stockwell, an investigative reporter from author Moorhead’s prior two novels makes a bit of a cameo appearance here, looking into Jade’s past as well as the current kidnapping.
Watch Her Run is a thriller written in multiple points of view (Jade, an unnamed videographer, and the “League of Heroes” online subforum) as well as multiple time frames. The present is the wedding day of Jade, a well-known influencer, and Jax, an about-to-turn-pro football player; the past is told through “Eight weeks with Jade,” a video countdown to the wedding; and transcriptions from a “confessions room” where the unnamed videographer interviews Jade. Overall, Jade, though young, makes multiple bad decisions that increase the danger to herself and others. I found myself wondering how she could be so foolish. Overall, Watch Her Run didn’t live up to Moorhead’s debut novel, Broken Bayou.
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Watch Her Run (Thomas & Mercer, October 1, 2026) is available through:
Your local independent bookseller | Amazon | Barnes & Noble paperback
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