The Sinister Stalker and Other Suspicious Strangers

Joanna Andrews can run, but she can’t hide.

She and her husband Matt have fled New York City to shake off the man who’s been blackmailing her over her (justified) killing of Rabun Perdido. What they don’t know is that he’s followed them back to Westview…and he’s armed.

Richard Devonshire has met charming and handsome former jock Jim Murphy, and the two seem to have made a love connection. Jim, however, is up to something shady behind Richard’s back. Sterling Smullen, already unnerved by the fact that crazed mobster Bo Novak is somewhere waiting for a chance to kill him, is thrown into a bigger tizzy when a mysterious woman from his past appears on his doorstep.

Westview’s police chief David Carlisle may be running out of options in his effort to avoid having to answer for the several deaths he’s responsible for–and private detective Randy Reinisch may be running out of air after being locked in the trunk of David’s car. It’s up to police detective Christine DeMarcus to capture David and save Randy before any more blood is shed.

Elsewhere, Len Castleberry adjusts to post-prison and post-married life; Joe Carmichael bides his time until Jo Levine comes out of her coma so he can ask her to marry him; Steve Walters prepares to claim a vast inheritance in England; and Candy and Hudson Winnock return from their honeymoon and settle into married life. Will the couple live happily ever after? Not if their sworn enemy Ruth Branch has anything to say about it.