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

“I’m not hungry,” Paul protested.


“You’re not doing yourself, or Todd, any favors by starving to death,” Jake replied, hustling a very reluctant Paul toward the café.


They found an empty booth when they got inside. Jake waited for Paul to sit then slid in next to him while Russ sat across from them. When the waitress came over, Jake told her they all wanted burgers with fries and coffee.


“What am I going to do?” Paul moaned when she left. “All I can think about is that bastard torturing my poor Todd the way…” He shuddered.


“I wish I could say that won’t happen,” Jake said quietly. “But it might. If Todd’s lucky, the police will find out where Fabian’s holding him before he kills him.” When it looked as if Russ were going to protest his being so blatant, Jake said, “It’s the truth and we all know it. Trying to avoid the fact isn’t going to help.”


“He’s right, Russ.” Paul took a deep breath. “I wish…Why him? Why not me? I’m the one Fabian hit on.”


Chapter 33