The Follower

By Jason Starr

In New York City's work hard, play harder singles scene, a young woman looking for love can find herself the object of a deadly obsession. With each meaningless date and disappointing new boyfriend, Katie Porter is becoming more and more disillusioned. No matter how wide a net she casts she can't seem to find a guy who really understands her.

But someone thinks she's special very special. And he's following her... But it's not her boyfriend, Andy. The frat-boy who never grew up is too busy working out how far Katie will go and if her friends are hot, to stop and think whether Katie's 'the one'. But someone's already decided she is and he's watching her.

Peter sees Katie at the gym. He sees her at the coffee bar she stops at on the way to work. In fact, he sees her almost everywhere, as he quietly follows her. But most of all, he sees her in his plans for the future. He's got the proposal worked out, he's even got the ring and their happy home already bought. After all, he's had enough time to plan things to perfection he grew up in the same small town. Surely, after all these years, he can't let anything stand in his way.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Polis Books
• Release date: Sep 1, 2015
• ISBN: 9781940610931

Jason Starr

JASON STARR is the international bestselling author of many crime novels, psychological thrillers, and graphic novels. His thrillers include Cold Caller, Nothing Personal, Fake I.D., Hard Feelings, Tough Luck, Twisted City, Lights Out, The Follower, Panic Attack, Savage Lane and Fugitive Red. Additionally, he's the author of the acclaimed Pack series of urban fantasy novels. His work in comics for Marvel and D.C., includes Batman, The Punisher, Ant-Man and the entire Wolverine Max series. He's also written many original comics and graphic novels including Red Border and Casual Fling for AWA/Upshot. He has co-written several novels with Ken Bruen for Hard Case Crime, and he's the writer of the official Gotham novels, based on the hit TV series. Several of Starr's novels are in development for film, TV and theater. His books have been translated into fourteen language and he's won the Anthony Award twice, as well as the Barry Award. His new novel, Curved Glass, will be published in 2021. He lives in New York City.

Reviews for The Follower

[trivigo · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Neo-noirist Starr obviously thinks his books through carefully from the perspective of his characters. "The Follower" is another of his excellent novels in which the twists and turns of thought are as important as the action on the ground (see also "Hard Feelings").The two main characters in this book are a stalker and the woman whose life as his wife he has all planned out--unbeknown to her. But Starr lays out this stygian tale for us through the perspectives of multiple players, major and minor. It may sound like a gimmick or an excuse to beef up the word count, but I for one found myself eventually anticipating finding out what other characters would have to say about a scene that another was currently narrating.There are implausibilities here and there--Katie, for example, has inclinations that occasionally seem to serve a preordained plot rather than her own internal will. But in counterbalanced by the sheer inventiveness and insight that the author elsewhere shows, these foibles on his part seem forgivable.