Stalkers. Jean Ritchie

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      Copyright © Jean Ritchie 1994

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      Source ISBN: 9780006383383

      Ebook Edition © OCTOBER 2016 ISBN: 9780008226930

      Version: 2016–11-08

      CONTENTS

       Cover

       Title Page

Copyright

Introduction

PART ONE – THE PRICE OF FAME

‘You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide’

‘Bang, Bang, You’re Dead’

‘The Benevolent Angel of Death’

‘Don’t Say I Didn’t Warn You’

       ‘He’s Out There Somewhere’

       ‘Your Number One Fan’

       PART TWO – YOU WILL SEE A STRANGER

       ‘I’ve Had One of Those Calls’

       ‘A Blight On Our Lives’

       ‘The Nightmare was Real’

       PART THREE – WHEN FRIENDSHIP TURNS TO FEAR

       ‘Wherever I Went, He Followed’

       ‘I Didn’t Want to Hurt His Feelings’

       ‘He Has Invaded My Life’

       ‘Happy Valentine’s Day’

       ‘A Fatal Attraction’

       PART FOUR – IN THE NAME OF LOVE

       ‘The Doors Are Locked, Aren’t They, Mummy?’

       PART FIVE – THE STALKERS’ PERSPECTIVE

       ‘I Just Wanted to Take Care of Her’

       PART SIX – REMEDIES, PRECAUTIONS AND THE LAW

       ‘A Paper Shield’

       Keep Reading

       Index

       Acknowledgements

       About the Author

       About the Publisher

INTRODUCTION

      ‘IT’S THE NIGHTS that are the worst. I don’t know where he is, but my imagination tells me he is close at hand. In daylight I can keep the fears down; at night I am alone with the terror that he has created. If he rings me every ten minutes I think I will go mad with it; if he does not ring I worry that he is outside, watching me.’

      The words of one stalking victim are echoed time and time again through the pages of this book. All stalking victims have different stories to tell, but all have one thing in common: fear. Stalking is a modern crime, a growing crime, a crime born out of loneliness and isolation. In America, where stalking has been studied and analysed far more than it has in Britain, there are an estimated 200,000 people who are being stalked, and the country’s greatest expert on the subject says that one in five women will at some time in their lives be the victim СКАЧАТЬ