Grayson is a barista. Ashley works in a morgue. Grayson sees media coverage of the most prolific serial killer in years, known for performing scientific experiments on his victims, and he’s obsessed. Ashley kills people for cryogenic research, using his job in the force as a façade. Read as an elaborate game of cat-and-mouse sparks friendship, betrayal, family drama and work tension on police-investigation scale.

always looking marginally uncomfortable.