Only The Guilty Survive: Kate Robards

Only the Guilty Survive by K. Robards is an okay book.  It’s enough to keep you interested but like a lot of other plots.  Claire is the sole survivor of a cult known as the Flock, who committed mass suicide after a member goes missing and is found murdered.  Clair has no recollection of what happened the night Lollie was taken, but she seeks to find answers as a crime podcaster comes to town on the 10th anniversary of the event.  Lollie was her best friend in the cult, and one of the few current members who wanted to escape.  Enrolling in the small-town beauty pageant would give her the means to do it. After she is crowned the queen, she tries to return to her “family” until the check arrives, but in a small town not much can be hidden, even from the leader of the Flock.  The town has always blamed Claire for the death of Lollie, but Claire needs to remember the truth before the podcast airs.