Prime Video's 56 Days Premieres Thriller Series

Prime Video's limited series "56 Days" premiered this week, captivating viewers with a psychological thriller centered on a whirlwind romance unraveling dark secrets in present-day Boston. Starring Dove Cameron and Avan Jogia, the eight-episode adaptation of Catherine Ryan Howard's 2021 novel explores the intense connection between two strangers whose lives collide in a supermarket, leading to a rapid cohabitation and a gruesome discovery two months later: a decomposing body in an apartment bathtub.

The story alternates between the past 56 days and the present-day police investigation led by detectives Lee Reardon, played by Karla Souza, and Karl Connolly, portrayed by Dorian Missick. As suspicion falls on the apartment's residents, Ciara Wyse (Cameron) and Oliver Kennedy (Jogia), flashbacks reveal their true identities and hidden motives. Oliver, whose real surname is St. Ledger, is the son of a wealthy venture capitalist who has lived under a pseudonym to escape a traumatic incident from his teenage years in Narragansett, Rhode Island.

In high school, Oliver and his best friend Shane Martin accidentally caused the death of classmate Paul Sparling during a riverside...