The Bedside Stranger

In 2026, as public trust is shaken by revelations in the landmark Hallowell defective implant litigation, a deadlier threat surfaces in Port Velos, Valdoria. A serial predator exploits the dating app EchoDate to select and murder isolated women, leaving no digital trace. Cybercrime detective Nyla Cross constructs a psychological profile of the unsub from data fragments alone—a profile that proves more intimate and accurate than the knowledge held by the killer’s own wife. As Cross sets a trap using a fabricated online persona, the hunter becomes the hunted in a high-stakes game where side-by-side deception is dismantled by the gaze of a stranger.