Ashley Freeman is a bright, beautiful young woman whose parents adore her. Unfortunately, Michael O'Connell--with whom she spends one liquor-fueled evening--also adores her, to the point where he won't take no for an answer. He goes way beyond obsession into a realm of rage and unrelenting dependence. Ashley and her family try and fail with every reasonable method to extricate her. Finally they are forced to come up with a plan that will destroy not only the threat to their daughter, but the predator himself. The must somehow out-stalk the stalker….

John Katzenbach has written ten novels, including the Edgar-nominated In the Heat of the Summer and The Shadow Man, as well as the New York Times bestseller The Traveler. In addition to In the Heat of the Summer, both Just Cause and Hart’s War have been adapted into major motion pictures. He lives in western Massachusetts.