It seems like a typical day at a train station. Commuters stand on the platform, awaiting the 7:06 train to London Victoria. However, we are made aware that in five minutes, someone will die, and it will be one of five people: Emma, a single mother; her six-year-old son Gideon; Liam, a successful businessman; Mrs. Worth, a retired woman in her seventies; or Sonny, a man with a gambling addiction. The all-knowing narrator, who frequently breaks the fourth wall, shares the stor

In the present-day, Riley is preparing for her wedding to Sam. While he has a large family, her only family member is her grandmother, Betty, who suffers from dementia. During a period of clarity, Betty reveals clues about Riley's long-deceased mother's true heritage. Following this shocking discovery, she and Sam travel from New Jersey to Tipperary, Ireland. The story shifts to 1956. Margaret Lannigan is in love and eagerly awaits marrying Joseph. Her sister Sheila had alway

On May 1, 1992, Jules Delaney, a popular high school student, is violently attacked after leaving a concert by herself. The people in her small Nebraska town have been on edge since a local girl was killed by the notorious May Day Killer, who has been attacking girls and women across the Midwest annually on May 1st, since the 1980s. Jules survives but doesn't tell anyone, fearing another attack. Quinn Riley, who is not as popular as Jules, became friends with her during study

Julia, Emily, and Nora made a vow to their Grandma Vera to spend a week together every May at the Coronado, California beach house left to them. After losing their mother at a young age, their maternal grandmother wanted to ensure the sisters never lost touch. Julie, the eldest, goes to law school, marries, and has a daughter, yet each year she is drawn back to the old feelings for the charming neighbor she always thought she'd end up with. Middle sister Emily continues to fe