Danger appears like a runaway train when a railroad detective investigates a strange stalking in this gripping novel from the authors of OneWay Ticket When railroad cop Mike Kernehan stumbles upon a trespasser in a Los Angeles railyard one night he has no idea where the case will take him It seems the lonely middleaged man has a penchant for following women which is what has drawn him there But what was a woman doing in the railyard all alone Meanwhile Mikes also investigating a series of stolen and missing shipments Thousands of dollars in goods have been taken from trains coming into LA but no one can figure out where or how the thieves are striking With veteran detective John Farrel Mike heads to the barren outskirts of the city looking for motives and means only to realize thatlike the stalkerthey too should have kept their eyes on the woman who liked to watch trains Praise for Dolores Hitchens Highgrade suspense San Francisco Chronicle on Stairway to an Empty RoomTerror Lurks in Darkness Dolores Hitchens wrote crime novels that were both tough and compassionate with a sharp eye for the emotional scars that violence leaves MysteryTribune Almost unbearable suspense holds the reader to the last punctuation mark Greensboro News Record on The Grudge