You know him. He’s the sweet guy you meet in the library or bookstore. You like him.He might just be the perfect guy.You trust him. But is he capable of murder? Joe Goldberg is back. And he is going to start a family – even if it kills him .Joe Goldberg is done with cities, done with the muck and the posers, done with Love.

Now, he is saying hello to nature, to simple pleasures on a cosy island in the Pacific Northwest. For the first time in a long time, he can just breathe. He gets a job at the local library – he does know a thing or two about books – and that is where he meets her: Mary Kay DiMarco. Librarian. Joe will not meddle, he will not obsess.

Over time, they will both heal their wounds and begin their happily ever after in this sleepy town.