Alicia Thompson

Turns out that reading nothing but true crime isn't exactly conducive to modern dating—and one woman is going to have to learn how to give love a chance when she's used to suspecting the worst. PhD candidate Phoebe Walsh has always been obsessed with true crime. She's even analyzing the genre in her dissertation—if she can manage to finish writing it. It's hard to find the time while she spends the summer in Florida, cleaning out her childhood home, dealing with her obnoxiously good-natured younger brother, and grappling with the complicated feelings of mourning a father she hadn't had a relationship with for years. It doesn't help that she's low-key convinced her new neighbor, Sam Dennings, is a serial killer (he may dress business casual by day, but at night he's clearly up to something). But it's not long before Phoebe realizes that Sam might be something much scarier—a genuinely nice guy who can pierce through her armor to her vulnerable heart underneath.

Love in the Time of Serial Killers

Emma Wolfe

I was tempted to get back in the car, to drive to a local gas station and sit in the parking lot for one full podcast episode, then circle the block a few times before pulling into the driveway again. 

I'd need at least a half hour on You- Tube University to figure that one out, and then I'd probably kill my phone battery, too.

I don't regret giving you my heart, Phoebe. I just wish you'd taken more care with it.

Sarah Campbell

I’d never admit this out loud, but sometimes I was grateful to people who were automatic huggers. It took the pressure off me to initiate anything, and it felt nice, being embraced, even for a few seconds, by someone you cared about.

Aimee :)

Which of those options honestly scared me more—that he could be up to some dark shit, or just that I had a crush?

Fuck that. I'd rather be seen as a little rude than risk being taken to a second location.

"The updated version with the foreword where she completely disavows her relations with Ted Bundy. If that doesn't convince you that romance dead, nothing will."

"I could get used to this," I said, referring to more than the pool.

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