In November 1991, college student Charlie Jordan hitches a ride home with a virtual stranger, Josh Baxter, after her best friend becomes the latest victim of the Campus Killer. As they drive through the night, Charlie grows increasingly suspicious of Josh, noticing inconsistencies in his story and his reluctance to let her see inside the trunk. Trapped in a car with a man she fears might be the killer, Charlie must rely on her wits to survive the night on empty, dark highways.
Riley Sager is the pen name of Todd Ritter, an American author of psychological thrillers. He grew up in Pennsylvania and worked as a journalist, editor and graphic designer before writing full time. He adopted the Sager pseudonym for Final Girls (2017), which won the International Thriller Writers Award for Best Hardcover Novel. His later thrillers include The Last Time I Lied, Lock Every Door, Home Before Dark, Survive the Night, The House Across the Lake, The Only One Left, Middle of the Nigh...