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Stalked: Every Woman's Nightmare
Stalked: Every Woman's Nightmare is the story of a young woman's harrowing experience of being stalked. What started out as a relationship of infatuation turns into something a lot more sinister as she is pursued to the very edge of her sanity.
Even friends and family can't help her escape the stalker as it soon becomes clear that her tormentor is a serial stalker who cannot stop inflicting fear and terror upon his victims.
No one should have to endure this level of fear in our society. This is a gripping true story of our times.
Chris Smith has been a newspaper, radio and television journalist in Australia and overseas. He spent over ten years working in news current affairs for the Seven and Nine networks, including time as the national chief of staff for A Current Affair. He is currently a popular radio talkback host for Sydney's 2GB.
Even friends and family can't help her escape the stalker as it soon becomes clear that her tormentor is a serial stalker who cannot stop inflicting fear and terror upon his victims.
No one should have to endure this level of fear in our society. This is a gripping true story of our times.
Chris Smith has been a newspaper, radio and television journalist in Australia and overseas. He spent over ten years working in news current affairs for the Seven and Nine networks, including time as the national chief of staff for A Current Affair. He is currently a popular radio talkback host for Sydney's 2GB.
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192 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2007
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January 5, 2019
4 Stars = Outstanding. It definitely held my interest.
March 23, 2015
Very good book, very suspenseful and also horrifying about what this stalker had put his victim through some parts sent shivers down my spine.
July 26, 2011
Wow, what a book, what a story!! I was so absorbed in the book that I was almost shocked when it was finished a few hours later. I just couldn't put it down, I was pulled into it. The way the author Chris Smith told Libby's story (not her real name) just kept you hooked into it.
We have all heard of stalkers and know they are out there but to read about the unrelenting trauma they subject their victims too with their sick and twisted minds was just shocking. It was appaling that the victims were also made to feel like nuisances to the people who were suppose to protect them.
That Libby and the other victims of this serial stalker made it through their ordeal is amazing especially when she had parents that doubted the seriousness of the situation.
It is a serious topic and should be treated that way.
We have all heard of stalkers and know they are out there but to read about the unrelenting trauma they subject their victims too with their sick and twisted minds was just shocking. It was appaling that the victims were also made to feel like nuisances to the people who were suppose to protect them.
That Libby and the other victims of this serial stalker made it through their ordeal is amazing especially when she had parents that doubted the seriousness of the situation.
It is a serious topic and should be treated that way.
August 20, 2025
Chris Smith writes of one woman's experience with being stalked by her ex-partner, who turns out to be a serial-stalker and violent creep. The names were changed for the book but it was based on a real person and her experience finding justice of sort through the help of the media before the police finally took her seriously.
Libby meets Phillip on a night out and begins a passionate physical relationship with him. As things progress into an actual relationship, Libby starts to see red flags when Phillip ignores dates, turns up drunk at odd hours, and becomes verbally then physically aggressive. She ends the relationship hoping to put him behind her only to have him manipulate her emotions and try to stay in her life. After constantly questioning herself, one violent episode seals the deal and she tells him she's no longer interested. Her nightmare is only just starting as he begins his stalking campaign - calling, sending flowers, showing up where she will be, and stalking her at her home at odd hours of the night. At first no one takes Libby seriously, not her friends & family nor the police until they start to see his erratic behaviour. She reports to the police who take down her details but really don't wish to get involved in a "domestic dispute". She goes to court after pushing hard for her case only to have him "disprove" her by tampering with her phones. The police cease believing her, she seems on her own. He stalks almost nightly for months on end. Eating away at Libby's sense of safety and sanity, forcing her to live back with her parents. After learning how truly dangerous Phillip is through a past victim, Libby fears only a drastic solution will end this for her. She's introduced to Chris Smith, the author, who at the time was a lead producer on A Current Affair, who suggests they expose his stalking and force public recognition by the family and police force.
One thing I really did not like about the book was the author's constant references to how beautiful, physically attractive & perfect Libby was. Whether she was attractive or not, she was stalked and this could happen to anyone, not just the pretty ones. It makes me wonder if A Current Affair would have taken the story as seriously if Libby wasn't deemed attractive by the author/producer.
The police force have started to take stalking much more seriously (my, fortunately brief experience was in 2013) however the courts & legal loopholes still allow DV / Stalking offenders off easily. The Australian legal system needs a huge overhaul before any real legal justice is offered.
Libby meets Phillip on a night out and begins a passionate physical relationship with him. As things progress into an actual relationship, Libby starts to see red flags when Phillip ignores dates, turns up drunk at odd hours, and becomes verbally then physically aggressive. She ends the relationship hoping to put him behind her only to have him manipulate her emotions and try to stay in her life. After constantly questioning herself, one violent episode seals the deal and she tells him she's no longer interested. Her nightmare is only just starting as he begins his stalking campaign - calling, sending flowers, showing up where she will be, and stalking her at her home at odd hours of the night. At first no one takes Libby seriously, not her friends & family nor the police until they start to see his erratic behaviour. She reports to the police who take down her details but really don't wish to get involved in a "domestic dispute". She goes to court after pushing hard for her case only to have him "disprove" her by tampering with her phones. The police cease believing her, she seems on her own. He stalks almost nightly for months on end. Eating away at Libby's sense of safety and sanity, forcing her to live back with her parents. After learning how truly dangerous Phillip is through a past victim, Libby fears only a drastic solution will end this for her. She's introduced to Chris Smith, the author, who at the time was a lead producer on A Current Affair, who suggests they expose his stalking and force public recognition by the family and police force.
One thing I really did not like about the book was the author's constant references to how beautiful, physically attractive & perfect Libby was. Whether she was attractive or not, she was stalked and this could happen to anyone, not just the pretty ones. It makes me wonder if A Current Affair would have taken the story as seriously if Libby wasn't deemed attractive by the author/producer.
The police force have started to take stalking much more seriously (my, fortunately brief experience was in 2013) however the courts & legal loopholes still allow DV / Stalking offenders off easily. The Australian legal system needs a huge overhaul before any real legal justice is offered.
December 2, 2023
It seems that stalking is quite prevalent in Australia and Libby Masters is the focus of this book. She met Phillip Hopkins at a club and experienced a night of wild and repeated sex with a man who appeared to have the endurance of a porn star fueled by Viagra.
The hot and heavy relationship seemed satisfactory to Ms. Masters until her lover's personality became quite possessive. After informing him that the courtship was over, Phil behaved badly and stalked Libby like a love sick puppy.
The police were called on numerous occasions and a protective order was violated but until an Australian version of "A Current Affair" publicized the case, the young man suffered no consequences for his actions. His family lived in a mansion and could afford the finest legal defense for their spoiled brat.
The final outcome is unusual and Stalked is a good read.
The hot and heavy relationship seemed satisfactory to Ms. Masters until her lover's personality became quite possessive. After informing him that the courtship was over, Phil behaved badly and stalked Libby like a love sick puppy.
The police were called on numerous occasions and a protective order was violated but until an Australian version of "A Current Affair" publicized the case, the young man suffered no consequences for his actions. His family lived in a mansion and could afford the finest legal defense for their spoiled brat.
The final outcome is unusual and Stalked is a good read.
March 25, 2024
This book was so eerie & realistic is was so hard to put down. Based off true stories and set in Australia, this was not a usual book for me to read. I picked this book up on a whim and it did not disappoint.
It’s only 200 pages so it’s an easy read, but so worth it! I just want to know his real name!!
It’s only 200 pages so it’s an easy read, but so worth it! I just want to know his real name!!
July 8, 2019
Definitely an important book that very appropriately held empathy for the victim. That being said, there were some glaring editing mistakes, and some of it was hard to follow.
June 20, 2020
I am so happy to finished the book . This novel considers first book I have read it in English language.
June 11, 2024
WOW What these woman went through and NOT enough time or punishment!!!!!!
March 5, 2025
A cautionary tale and an eye-opening account of the terror that stalking victims endure, emphasising the urgent need for awareness and intervention in such cases.
January 31, 2022
Interesting and creepy. Good book.
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