The Intruder - by Peter Blauner (Hardcover)

About the Book

Successful lawyer Jacob Schiff is driven to the edge by a homeless man -- a patient of his social worker wife, Dana -- who takes to stalking Jacob's wife and son.

Book Synopsis

Dark circumstances arrive in Peter Blauner's New York Times bestselling blockbuster novel, The Intruder, with a foreword by the author exclusive to this new hardcover edition.

What would a good man do to protect his family? How far will he go and how far is too far?

Jake Schiff is a successful New York lawyer trying to do right by his family. John Gates is a mentally disturbed man barely surviving on the streets. Their worlds collide violently when Jake's wife Dana tries to help John as a psychiatric patient. John decides that Jake has somehow usurped the life that was meant for him. He begins showing up outside the Schiffs' house and demanding his family back. Suddenly everything is called into question. Including the matter of who the real intruder is.

The Intruder is a tale of two lives, two cities, and how fate can quickly turn and go from saving lives to completely destroying them.

Review Quotes

"A knockout." --Detroit Free Press

"An excellent book." --Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Brilliant...A virtuoso performance." --Associated Press

"Deft... nuanced... Blauner harnesses his astute take on the city to a solid thriller... The Intruder possesses energy and a real zest for the city." --USA Today

"Gripping... convincing... richly imagined... A harrowing, compelling read." --The New York Times

"More than a story about a man protecting his family. It's about a man losing faith--in love, in God, in humanity--and the possibility of regaining it." --Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"Original, deftly crafted, and a genuine thriller of a read from start to finish, this new edition from Dead Sky Publishing, The Intruder by Peter Blauner will be of particular interest to fans of psychological suspense novels...unreservedly recommended." --Midwest Book Review

"The best novel I've read in years. It has great characters, a great story, a great heart. If you want comparisons, I can't give you any. There aren't any. I think Peter Blauner is better than Grisham, better than Patricia Cornwell. I loved The Intruder! Loved, loved, loved it." --James Patterson


"The Intruder might be the best novel about the paranoia of living in New York ever written. One of the best pure-New York novels in years." --New York Daily News

"UN-PUTDOWNABLE! MY ADVICE IS TO READ THIS BOOK." --Stephen King

About the Author

Peter Blauner is the author of nine novels, including Slow Motion Riot, winner of the 1992 Edgar award for best first novel from Mystery Writers of America, and The Intruder, a New York Times bestseller and a bestseller overseas. He began his career working for legendary newspaper columnist Pete Hamill and first broke into print as a journalist, writing cover stories for New York magazine about crime and politics. His novels have been published in twenty languages and his short fiction has been anthologized in Best American Mystery Stories and NPR's Selected Shorts from Symphony Space.