Be Very Afraid

I read S K McClafferty's Be Very Afraid. It was a very good book and well written. The book was very suspenseful and held my interest. I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys mysteries. I read it in 2 days and can't wait to read more by this author. Enjoy!

I loved this book. It is very unusual for the guy to be the one trying to get his lover back. Liz had married Jake ten years before. They had only been married a short time, when she caught him in bed with another woman. Something any woman would find hard to forgive. They divorced without his knowing she was pregnant. She married 2 years later and her husband adopted Fiona. Liz and Jake both worked for the FBI. Eight years later A serial killer called the Cemetary Man killed Fiona to get to Liz. Jake had been the lead detective and he was the one who found Fiona and had to tell Liz her daughter was dead. HE didn't know it was his daughter too. However, after finding Fiona he couldn't forget her and had put all his efforts into finding the killer. Unfortunately, the killer was only interested in challaging Liz and until he found her again, which took him 2 years, he didn't kill again. Jake's profile of the killer told him that the killer was on the search for Liz. Liz disappeared after the killing, her husband lost his mind and wound up in a sanaterium. Still hiding from life, Liz is divorced and alone. But the Cemetary Man has found her. Just as Jake has found her. By this time Jake is suffering from burnout. his determination to catch this killer, to protect Liz has caused His superior and psychiatrist to force him to take time off. Having found her Jake knows the killer is close and the killings start again. Jake loves Liz but he feels she hates him and has every right to. The story of two lost people who need each other, is well written and the different slant on the romance adds to the suspense as the killer stalks Liz. I enjoyed the book and the clash of personalities who have matured over the years. The suspense was well done and the secondary characters were very well defined.