Survive the Night by Riley Sager

 

It's the 90's. Cell phones are not common place, payphones and call boxes are the way to get ahold of others. After the death of her bestfriend, Charlie is looking for a ride off campus and back home. She runs into Josh, at the ride share bulletin on campus and decides to take him up on his offer. She doesn't think much about him being older and assumes that he is a graduate student. 

Charlie leaves campus in the dark of the night with Josh. The ride home is  6 hours l
ong and over the course of the ride Charlie becomes increasingly  suspicious of Josh. Charlie recognizes that taking a ride from a stranger especially when there is a serial killer on the lose is a terrible idea and he may very well the Campus Killer.

The story is told in flashbacks and present day. You also learn that that Charlie tends to zone out and see "movies" in her head. This in turn makes her an unreliable narrator leaving you to question everything.

You will find yourself guessing along the way and when the heat of this cat and mouse game picks up and twists and turns keep coming you'll be turning the pages fast to reach the conclusion. 

This is one book - I'd enjoy seeing as a Netflix or Hulu series. It would be entertaining.