The story follows best friends Benny and Joy, hosts of a wildly successful podcast centered on spectacular survival scenarios. Their dynamic is simple: one researches a life-or-death situation, while the other brainstorms how to survive it on the fly. Joy’s husband, Xander, manages their rising fame, including a lucrative offer to co-write a memoir.
Everything changes when Joy and Xander suddenly vanish. As Benny is drawn into the investigation, the dual narration truly shines: Benny shares real-time experiences, while Joy’s perspective is revealed through the memoir she left behind. This constant back-and-forth kept me completely hooked, constantly guessing what would happen next.
From the publisher:
Benny Abbott and Joy Moore host one of the most beloved podcasts in the world. Each week, they delight listeners with a different “against all odds” survival story, gleefully finding the weird, life-affirming humor in near-death experiences. Since their first episode on Joy’s experience with severe narcolepsy, they’ve been the best friends everyone wants to befriend—and thanks to the meticulous management of Joy’s husband, Xander, they’ve built a lucrative empire.
The problem is, their next survival story may be their own. When Benny arrives at Joy and Xander’s one morning to record, he finds shattered glass and an empty house. The one clue shedding light on the couple’s disappearance is the incomplete, previously unseen first draft of Joy’s memoir. Benny will stop at nothing to find them, even as the police zero in on him as their prime suspect.
Millions of devoted listeners think they know the “real” Benny and Joy. But as the hours tick by, and the odds seem increasingly stacked against Joy and Xander being found alive, not even the most devoted fans could guess the terrible secrets their favorite famous BFFs have hidden from the world—and from each other.
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