Dimensions
109 x 178 x 19mm
What drives one person to become obsessed with another - someone they may never even have met? And what happens when the obsession of unbalanced misfits, desperate loners and aggrieved ex-partners spiral out of control?
Stalking is on the increase - and it isn't only celebrities who become the targets of irrational individuals. Men and women with everyday jobs who lead ordinary lives can just as easily become someone else's obsession. Each year, hundreds of people fall victim to terrifying harassment by people they may have never even met.
Richard Gallagher has exhaustively researched this disturbing phenomenon to provide a serious investigation into this unsettling but fascinating crime. Featuring interviews with victims, police, psychologists - and those who "stalk the stalkers" - he has unearthed remarkable accounts of obsession and delusion. It's a book whose time has definitely come.
