This tends to happen every time I finish a book. With Human Remains, for months afterwards people were sending me links to new items about people being found deceased in their own homes, months after their deaths. With Into the Darkest Corner… well, you can imagine. It’s not that I’m psychic, or tapping into the Zeitgeist, or even that I’m especiallyaware of the issues that are plaguing our societies.

It’s that human cruelties like these – social isolation and stalking – are far more common th...