Love in the Time of Serial Killers

Alicia Thompson

A true-crime-obsessed PhD candidate, Phoebe Walsh, returns to her late father's house in Florida for the summer to clear it out and finish her dissertation. She becomes convinced that her charming new neighbor, Sam, might secretly be a serial killer, even as she finds herself falling for him. Along the way she reconnects with her brother and an old friend while confronting the grief and family baggage she's spent years avoiding. It's a contemporary rom-com that uses its spooky-season hook as a backdrop for a story about vulnerability, trust, and healing.