When PI Jake Marshall fails to stop the abduction and subsequent murder of a client who was being stalked, he vows to do everything in his power to identify the man responsible. He'll need all the help he can get, including Kelly, his partner in the agency, and Russ Foster, a library security guard he met at a local bar ... with whom he's becoming personally involved.<br><br>Soon, it becomes even more imperative they find the stalker when a friend of Jake's also disappears and everything points to the stalker as his abductor.<br><br>Can Jake and Russ stop the stalker before he kills again? And how will their search affect their budding relationship, presuming the stalker doesn't target one of them next?

Stalker

“Probably,” she agreed. “Okay, what’s on our schedule for today?”


“As if you don’t know.” He brought it up on his computer and they divvied up who would do what and got to work.


The rest of the week went as they usually did, with Jake and Kelly dealing with clients and their various problems.


Saturday, Jake spent the morning cleaning his apartment, and the afternoon doing laundry at a nearby Laundromat and grocery shopping. By the time evening came around he was more than ready to get out of the house and have some fun. Well, as much fun as I can have hanging out at The Copper hoping a friend shows up to talk to. I’m not going to pick someone up, or let them pick me up. I don’t need that kind of aggravation.


Chapter 5