Why a Booktrail?
2000s: How far would you go to protect your family? Just how far?
The Fear
What you need to know before your trail
Randolph and his family move into a new building and meet their neighbor, Dieter Tiberius, the peculiar yet seemingly friendly man living in the basement apartment. As the Tiefenthalers settle into their home, they becoming increasingly disturbed as Dieter’s strange behavior turns malevolent. Randolph unravels the tale of Dieter’s harassment–the erotic letters he sends to Rebecca, his spying, his accusations of child abuse, the police reports he filed against them. Finally, Randolph admits his of own feelings of desperation and helplessness, which ultimately led to his father’s intervention.
Travel Guide
Berlin
Not a huge location in the book and there are others mentioned such as Bali where the husband in the story takes a business trip and Bochum, where he and his wife met at university. What is the real location is the creepy sense of being stalked in your own home. This is very claustrophobic reading.
Fear is loosely based on his own personal experience of being stalked by a neighbour, which makes this story all the more chilling.
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Fear
Destination: Berlin Author/Guide: Dirk Kurbjuweit Departure Time: 2000s
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