Stalking is on the increase. And it isn't only celebrities who become the targets of irrational and desperate individuals. Men and women with everyday jobs who lead ordinary lives can just as easily become someone else's obsession.Since John Lennon's murder in 1980 the world has recognised the danger that lies behind this insidious and threatening behaviour, but has been slow to act against it. It is only as recently as 1997 that the Protection from Harassment Act brought stalking on to the British statute books.In this thoroughly researched, serious investigation into a disturbing phenomenon, Richard Gallagher interviews victims, police, psychologists - and those who 'stalk the stalkers' - to provide remarkable accounts of obsession, delusion and terror. The book is an insight into the minds of these disturbed individuals - and the consequences of their behaviour. It is a book whose time has come.
