Marrs’s engrossing, believable thriller raises intriguing questions about our science-tinged future.”— Booklist This was going to be a hands-down five star read for me until the momentum just dropped off at about 80% just fizzling across the finish line. Aaahhh! I was so close to sending up all the stars and putting it up in my favorites’ shelf alongside John Marrs previous sensation, The One. The passengers are: a TV star, a pregnant young woman, a disabled war hero, an abused wife fleeing her husband, an illegal immigrant, a husband and wife - and parents of two - who are travelling in separate vehicles and a suicidal man. Now the public have to judge who should survive but are the passengers all that they first seem?

A big THANK YOU to Edelweiss and John Marrs for the digital ARC that I received in exchange for a candid review!

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Passenger 1: A married young woman who is 7 months pregnant. She’s a teaching assistant who is driving to her husband’s workplace this morning. Who are these people—these passengers? Is this a case of wrong place wrong time or have these passengers been specially chosen?

John Marrs completely blew my mind with this exhilarating thriller! Eight passengers in eight separate driverless cars, all of them with secrets, none of them making it to their desired destination. Imagine you're in a driverless car you have no control, no brakes, no steering wheel, you can't even open the doors,and somebody has taken over the car. In 2 1/2 hours all eight of these cars will collide head on end it is up to a "jury" and the public to decide who will survive. Or imagine this you are trapped in a room on a jury of sorts and your job is to decide the fate of these eight strangers. Yikes! I don't know which situation I'd want to be in less. Thank you so much to Elisha at Berkley Publishing for the opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book. It was an absolute pleasure reading this highly irresistible and fun novel!! I have programmed your car to take you on an alternative route this morning. And in two hours and thirty minutes, it it likely that you will be dead.’” Next, let's discuss Claire. Pregnito Claire with her husband taking a forever-nap in the trunk of their car. It's clear by the end we're meant to empathize with Claire, but I find that hard to do when she ripped her husband a new one for being depressed about his brain aneurysm diagnosis. Girl he could literally die at any moment and you're mad at him for struggling to come to terms with his fragile mortality? And then when he does actually die, she calls him a liar because he said he wouldn't let that "thing" in his head win. Oh sorry Claire. This was my first John Marrs novel, but I have already read two others by him since this book! This was a standalone book, but it was set in the same universe as one of the author's other books called The One, which was referenced a few times. It's not necessary to read that first, but I feel like I should have?The fear is real my friends. “The Passengers” will scare you. Yea, “The Jetsons” made the idea of a futuristic car look cute, “The Passengers,” not so much. I want to thank Edelweiss, Berkley and the author for the arc of this book in exchange for a honest review. in the UK, British citizens are finding “The One” (from his previous book) using “MATCH YOUR DNA” technology and driverless vehicles will replace those driven by humans within the next 5 years.

Provocative, terrifying and compulsive. Another savagely clever near future thriller' - Cara Hunter, bestselling author of Close to Home. We meet eight individuals, all with one thing in common: they are getting into their autonomous cars around the same time, on the same day.

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year-old actress, Sophia Bradbury hasn’t been getting many job offers lately. She thinks about some of the decisions she has made to protect her career over the years. Today she isn't feeling well. Her arthritis is bothering her and her hearing aids are acting up. Unfortunately, her day is about to get so much worse…“ Good Morning, Sophia” This was a buddy read with Ms. Kaceey! We really enjoyed discussing the premise of this one and think all of you will too.