Another great read by Freida. I found myself trying to look for the "twist" that I knew would be coming. She set "Randy" up to be "Slug" so that is what I was expecting. When I found out that he ha died very early on, I was very confused as to what the other twist could be. I didn't think that having Gretchen also be "Daisy" was very believable. And it was also unbelievable that Sydney knew all about all of the murders and no one was able to find her or Tom when they ran away.

Did I just devour this book in one sitting? Yes. Do I regret it. NO!

Does Freida ever take a break? I swear she writes books in her spare time and throws out more hits than most do in a decade.

Anyways, this was really, really good. Told in past and present tense, the story follows 35 year old Sydney whose dating life has been a bust until she meets a Mystery Man who rescues her from a creep after a horrible date. As she starts to get to know him, Tom, things don't seem to add up about him and the red flags are too bright to ignore,

Thank you Net Galley and Poisoned Pen Press for the arc!

2024 - What a year for Freida McFadden, The Teacher, The Housemaid Is Watching, Dead Med and now The Boyfriend. If you know another author as consistent and prolific as America’s fastest selling thriller writer then let please me know. I’m craving.

Sydney Shaw, a single woman in New York who’s had terrible luck with dating. She thinks she’s found Mr Right, until a brutal murder of a young woman puts everyone on edge. Police suspect the k*ller is dating his victims before he kills them.

WOW!

‘Crimes of passion are often the bloodiest…’ The Boyfriend is one of Freida’s darker books, expect threat, high tension, blood and paranoia as every man on the dating scene becomes a suspect.

Forget about turtles, high heels or controversial relationships, this is a pure k*ller thriller that taps deep into the fears of the potential next victim. The character perspectives are inspired and Freida once again delivers twists you’ll never see coming.

Impeccable, fast easy flowing, intricately plotted, plenty of humour, rising tension, threat and twist-after-twist-after-WTF-twist.

Up there with Freida’s very best books, another book of the year contender.

Thanks to Netgalley, Poisoned Pen Press and Freida McFadden