Why do I submit myself to the torture of contemporary het romance novels?? I should have learnt from reading the past 5 such books that they are ALL THE SAME. I guess it's kind of my fault because I thought this wasn't just a rom com but a satire with dark comedy of the likes of Kristen Bell's The Woman in The House Across the Street From the Girl in the Window. I loved how crazy and dumb that show was, and how it played on the tropes of thriller serial killer novels. But this book was just a typical rom com with a bland male love interest, with a perfect body and personality. The true crime stuff was just randomly thrown in because the mc is doing her Ph.D. in that and is struggling with her dissertation. Predictable from start till finish, remind me to stop giving these books more chances please!