The Day Before

Set in the days leading up to the murder that opens the CW series Riverdale, The Day Before follows Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, and Jughead Jones as ordinary small-town dramas — first crushes, family tension, old rivalries — build quietly toward the events that will upend Riverdale.

Written by Micol Ostow, this tie-in novel fills in the backstory hinted at in the show's pilot, giving new context to the friendships and secrets already simmering among the core cast before the series' central mystery begins.