


Charlie escapes the fire while having a mix of hallucinations, one of which involves saying goodbye to Maddy. Josh shows up and saves Charlie, but gets shot by Marge, who also starts a fire. Marge demands answers about Maddy's death from Charlie, and she attacks her when Charlie can't answer. Josh isn't the killer, he's a bounty hunter hired by Marge to lure Charlie to the diner. There, she is abducted by Marge, who turns out to be Maddy's grandmother. It results in Charlie stabbing Josh and returning to the diner. However, Charlie decides to stay with Josh, deciding that she's going to make him pay for his crimes. Charlie also manages to call her boyfriend, Robbie. Josh thinks about how the situation is regretful since he likes talking to Charlie.

After some mind games and confusion, they end up at a diner and Charlie has a chance to get away from him, thanks to the waitress Marge. She ends up getting a ride home from a man, Josh, who she starts to suspect is the killer as they drive back. Upset and guilty for not stopping him, Charlie drops out of college. Charlie has a tendency to have hallucinations where she sees movie-like scenes play out in her mind, especially in heightened emotional situations, and she didn't think it was real. A movie is made of the ordeal and it's revealed that this book has been the Hollywood-ized version of the story.Ĭharlie is a female college student whose best friend, Maddy, was recently murdered by a campus serial killer (" The Campus Killer") while she watched. Josh ends up saving Charlie, and the killer is revealed to be Charlie's boyfriend Robbie. In the end, it turns out he was asked to abduct Charlie on behalf of Maddy's grandmother who blamed Charlie for not stopping and not being able to identify Maddy's killer. She hitches a ride home with a guy, Josh, who she starts to suspect is the killer. The one-paragraph version: Charlie is a female college student whose best friend, Maddy, was recently murdered by a campus serial killer.
