# Westfield NJ House Stalker **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 25, 2015, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/westfield-nj-house-stalker/723421 "2015-06-25T03:50:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![eclectic\_wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac91a4/32.png) [@eclectic\_wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eclectic_wench)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/westfield-nj-house-stalker/723421/41 "2015-06-30T22:24:52Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > This is an awesome set-up for a suspense/mystery novel. Here’s what I want: I would like a major publishing house to engage about 4 authors (I vote Harlen Coben, Gillian Flynn, Jessica Knoll and Paula Hawkins but any four intelligent and willing novelists are fine) to take this premise and run with it. All four books could then be published as “The Watcher Quartet”. > > I don’t even want anything for this idea, other than the ability to buy the four books. Wouldn’t you just love to see what someone like Coben could do with this set-up? That’s a wonderful idea. I told my husband about it and he thinks you’re a pure genius, except he thinks they should be novellas rather than full-length novels. In a neat boxed set. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/westfield-nj-house-stalker/723421/42 "2015-07-01T02:04:42Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > This is an awesome set-up for a suspense/mystery novel. Here’s what I want: I would like a major publishing house to engage about 4 authors (I vote Harlen Coben, Gillian Flynn, Jessica Knoll and Paula Hawkins but any four intelligent and willing novelists are fine) to take this premise and run with it. All four books could then be published as “The Watcher Quartet”. > > I don’t even want anything for this idea, other than the ability to buy the four books. Wouldn’t you just love to see what someone like Coben could do with this set-up? I like the idea. Alas, I don’t know any of the writers you mention, so I’ll toss one of my favorites at you: Carol O’Connell. I’d nominate Barbara Michaels, too, but she died recently. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/westfield-nj-house-stalker/723421/43 "2015-07-01T20:04:43Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > I don’t know if it is a hoax or not - maybe just some creepozoid got a better reaction than he expected when he sent a hideous letter. So he is keeping it up. > > If I found my dream home and it cost $1.3 megabucks, I would toss the first letter and take the second to the police. Maybe make sure the shotgun was handy at night, but I wouldn’t move. I had the same reaction. “You’re in luck, Watcher-dude. I just sighted in the 30-06!” ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/westfield-nj-house-stalker/723421/44 "2015-07-02T03:46:03Z")
I think it was Old Man Jenkins… and he would have gotten away with it too if it weren’t for those meddling kids. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/westfield-nj-house-stalker/723421/45 "2015-07-02T15:20:24Z")
The police may want to check out the mysterious Gypsy woman and the owner of the abandoned amusement park, as well. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/westfield-nj-house-stalker/723421/46 "2015-07-02T15:53:33Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > The police may want to check out the mysterious Gypsy woman and the owner of the abandoned amusement park, as well. They should take the lightening rod salesman with them. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/westfield-nj-house-stalker/723421/47 "2015-07-02T17:41:51Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > I like the idea. Alas, I don’t know any of the writers you mention, so I’ll toss one of my favorites at you: Carol O’Connell. I’d nominate Barbara Michaels, too, but she died recently. I don’t know Carol O’Connell or Barbara Michaels, but I’m going to check them out now! ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/westfield-nj-house-stalker/723421/48 "2015-07-02T17:49:22Z")
Update - I just sat on Uncle Google’s lap for a few minutes. Hah, I KNEW “Barbara Michaels” sounded vaguely familiar. It’s Elizabeth Peters! She came to Egypt once while I was living there and gave a reading or something … sadly I had an unbreakable prior engagement and did not get to attend. But Elizabeth Peters is a great comic writer. I assume her non-comic novels are written under the Michaels pseudonym. I’ll give it a try. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/westfield-nj-house-stalker/723421.md?page=2)