Roach a bookseller and a loner is content to spend her days hoarding true crime proofs listening to murder podcasts and sneering at the predictable tastes of her normie customers. That is until Laura joins the bookshop. Everyone loves Laura with her neat outfits literary tote bags and beautiful poetry. But Laura has a dark side that only Roach can see and when Roach uncovers her tragic past curiosity blooms into obsession. As Roach's boundaries disintegrate it becomes clear that she will do anything to infiltrate Laura's life - and at any cost.