The Boyfriend

Unhappily single New Yorker Sydney Shaw has endured her share of disastrous dates, so meeting Tom feels like a dream. He is charming, handsome, and a doctor at a local hospital—the kind of perfect boyfriend Sydney never expected to find. But her happiness is shaken when a young woman is brutally murdered, the latest in a series of killings across the coast. The case lands with homicide detective Jake Sousa, Sydney’s ex-boyfriend, who suspects the murders are connected to a dating app.

Police are searching for a man who dates his victims before killing them, and Sydney begins to wonder whether Tom’s perfection is an illusion. As someone watches her every move, she must determine whom she can trust and uncover the truth before she becomes the killer’s next victim. Told through alternating timelines and perspectives, this thriller follows Sydney’s growing suspicions as romance, danger, and a string of murders collide.