The Boyfriend

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*
A twisting psychological thriller from the author of The Coworker and The Housemaid.
Once again, Freida McFadden proves that crimes of passion are often the bloodiest - and shows readers why her books continue to go viral on TikTok.
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She's looking for the perfect man. He's looking for the perfect victim.
Sydney Shaw, like every single woman in New York, has terrible luck with dating. She's seen it all: men who lie in their dating profiles, men who stick her with the dinner bill, and worst of all, men who can't shut up about their mothers. Until she meets Tom.
Tom is utterly perfect. He's charming, handsome, and works as a doctor at a local hospital. Sydney is swept off her feet.
Then the brutal murder of a young woman - the latest in a string of deaths across the coast - confounds police. The primary suspect? A mystery man who dates his victims before he kills them.
Sydney should feel safe. After all, she has Tom, the man of her dreams. But she can't shake her own suspicions that the perfect man may not be as perfect as he seems. Because someone is watching her every move, and if she doesn't get to the truth, she'll be the killer's next victim...
A dark crime thriller about obsession and the things we'll do for love, this page-turning murder mystery will have you hooked through every twist and turn.
Tropes:
Psychological
Mystery Thriller
Suspense
Serial Stalker
Gaslighting
Also by Freida McFadden:
The Housemaid is Watching
The Perfect Son
The Coworker
The Locker Door
Never Lie
The Teacher
The Inmate
One by One
*The Boyfriend made the Sunday Times Bestsellers list in October 2024

#1 New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Sunday Times internationally bestselling author Freida McFadden is a practicing physician specializing in brain injury. Freida is the winner of both the International Thriller Writer Award for Best Paperback Original and the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Thriller. Her novels have been translated into more than forty languages. Freida lives with her family and black cat in a centuries-old three-story home overlooking the ocean.