Two young lovers. A sultry summer night. One brutal, cold-blooded murder. In this stunning, atmospheric thriller, Brian Freeman takes you deep into Detective Jonathan Stride's complicated past.

It's the case that has haunted Stride for thirty years. During the summer after his junior year of high school, he fell in love with beautiful Cindy Starr, the girl who would become his wife. But on the Fourth of July, the same night that Jonny and Cindy cemented their love, Cindy's older sister Laura was savagely murdered. The police suspected a vagrant of committing the crime, but no one was ever arrested, and the case was closed.

Now, Laura's best friend Tish Verdure has returned to Duluth to write a book about Laura's death. Tish knows secrets that a lot of people would like to keep hidden, including information about Cindy that leave Stride questioning his entire past. When a young girl is found drowned in the St. Louis River and a witness to the original murder attempts suicide, Stride realizes that the violence of the past is spilling over into the present.

As he unearths the explosive events that led to Laura's murder, Stride discovers that the ripples of her death changed everyone's lives, including his own. Can Stride put to rest the ghosts of his past, or will they devour him whole?

Publisher:

St. Martin's Press

ISBN:

9780312363321

Length:

170mm

Width:

104mm

Thickness:

33mm

Weight:

204g

Pages:

405

Praise for Stalked :

Brian Freeman is, quite simply, a first-rate storyteller. Stalked is scary, fast-paced, and refreshingly well written. The characters are so sharply drawn and interesting, we can't wait to meet the next one in the story. Freeman has another winner. -Nelson DeMille, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wildfire

Chiling, atmospheric...A strong narrative crammed with twists and studded with sex and violence; a mysterious, even mystical, sense of place; and a well-crafted set of characters and relationships make this one of Freeman's stronger crime thrillers. - Publishers Weekly

Featuring a cast of realistic, three-dimensional characters; a truly terrifying villain; a serpentine plot; and ambiance so convincing you'll want to wear a turtleneck sweater and long underwear, Freeman's latest should be on the to-read list of anyone who enjoys novels by authors like Harlan Coben, David Baldacci and Jeff Abbott--a perfect blend of psychological suspense and crime fiction. -Chicago Tribune

Freeman just keeps outdoing himself with each book....a striking display of skilled storytelling that will have readerssurprised more than once well before the shocking ending. -- Library Journal

Freeman delivers a swift plot packed with satisfying twists. -- Booklist