

If readers are afraid that Joe turning over a new leaf will mean less murder in book three, Kepnes assures us that is not the case. A few more murders later and he’s caught out by the police - leaving a pregnant Love behind. to escape his past - but he soon falls into old patterns, stalking heiress Love Quinn and eventually becoming her boyfriend.

Finally, he kills her, after locking her in an underground cage after she tries to leave him. After stalking her to better understand her and her interests, he moves in on his target - killing not only her boyfriend but her best friend along the way.

In 2014’s You and 2016’s sequel Hidden Bodies, we meet Joe, a insular bookseller who falls in love with Guinevere Beck, an aspiring writer who walks into his store one day.
