The Intruder

By Peter Blauner

Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

The Intruder is a 1996 thriller by Peter Blauner, author of Slow Motion Riot. It won praise for its portrait of New York in the 1990s and was compared to Cape Fear. Jacob Schiff, a successful Manhattan lawyer who survived an abusive childhood, cherishes his family life with his wife Dana, a psychiatric social worker, and their teenage son. When John Gates, a homeless and mentally ill man who is one of Dana's patients, begins stalking the family, Jake asks how far he will go.

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