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First comes the true story. 

Then comes her fictional revenge.

Unfollow Me

A Terrifying True Story of a Sadistic Stalker

by Kathryn Caraway

Genre: True Crime Memoir

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What if the man stalking you worked in IT—at the police department?

"Think it couldn't happen to you? Think again. Read. This. Book.” —John DeDakis, Award-winning novelist, writing coach, and former editor on CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer"

This true crime case is told with brutal honesty, exposing the silent terror of stalking. Gripping details of kidnapping, intimate partner abuse, and surveillance using everyday tools engrained in society—and most households—uncovers systemic blindspots. From overlooked police reports to exhausting court battles, it’s a story of a woman’s resilience in the face of relentless fear. A must read for fans of true crime, survival stories, and psychological thrillers.

Stalkers don’t just hide in the shadows. Some log in.

Kathryn meets Todd, a charming IT expert for the police department. He coaxes her into a brief relationship and turns a normal breakup into a reign of terror. Todd isn’t just obsessed—he’s inside Kathryn’s home network.

He doesn’t have to be in her house to watch her. Or hear her.

He sees her text messages—on his screen.

He can follow her car without ever leaving his house.

And he even tells her why: “You are mine. And I don’t share.”

When Todd asks Kathryn if she wants to see death coming, she tells him no. Now she waits for it every day. Dismissed by officers, Kathryn builds a case police can no longer ignore. But the more she learns about Todd’s past, the more she suspects he might be tied to the unsolved murder of a woman she has only one thing in common with: Todd.

And if she’s right, she might be next . . .

 

 

“A powerful, riveting account about a woman being victimized by a modern-day monster.” —Kirkus Reviews

“Urgency of feeling pulses throughout . . .” —BookLife

“An inspiring story of survival . . . the horrors of stalking and its devastating effects on the mental health of those targeted . . .” —Chanticleer Book Reviews & Media

“The specificity of emotion, the physiological response to trauma, and the intellectual clarity . . . give this book its power.” —Independent Book Review

“Unfollow Me kept me on the edge of my seat from beginning to end. Caraway’s will to get justice in her case and her composure through it all shows a resilience that not many possess.” —Memoir Magazine

* 2024 Grand Prize Winner in Narrative Nonfiction (Journey Award, Non-Fiction Overcoming Adversity)

* 2024 1^st Place Winner in Thriller/Suspense (Clue Award)

* 2024 1^st Place Winner in Non-Fiction Cover Design

  

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He Follows Me

by Kathryn Caraway

Genre: Thriller, Suspense

Kathryn Caraway thought a conviction would end the nightmare. She was wrong.

Todd Bennett is getting out of jail—and he hasn’t forgotten her. The government offers her a lifeline: new name, new life, new country. But freedom comes at a cost and safety is an illusion.

U.S. Marshal Wes Kade doesn’t care about feelings. He cares about results. Cold, disciplined, and relentless, he has built a career on keeping people alive. But something about this case doesn’t add up. He realizes this isn’t personal—it’s war.

With nowhere left to hide, Kathryn must face the terrifying truth that some nightmares never end.

A gripping psychological thriller where survival isn’t just about escape—it’s about fighting back.

 

Wow! I have absolutely DEVOURED this book, and Kathryn Caraway has become my new favorite author! He Follows Me is the fictional follow-up to Unfollow Me, and it does not disappoint. What starts as a semi-cozy read turns into a tense thriller with an absolutely explosive ending! Give this one a read, especially if you have read Unfollow Me!  – Goodreads reviewer

 

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Kathryn Caraway lived life as the target of a stalker for years. After her perpetrator’s conviction, Kathryn founded the Unfollow Me Project to raise education and awareness of the debilitating effects of stalking, as well as to offer support to those being stalked. For more information, go to https://unfollowme.com.

 

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GUEST POST

Sometimes red flags don’t wave. They whisper.

A slammed door.

A terse comment.

A flash of anger that feels like something more.

All followed by a charming apology. 

Many have experienced these things, yet few might recognize how these seemingly normal elements of unwanted behavior can escalate. Red flags can appear small and deceptively manageable by design. 

What I didn’t know at the time is how each apology accepted was a form of conditioning. 

After Todd, a man I’d briefly dated, contacted my colleague’s wife and told her we were having an affair, I had no intention of speaking to him again. But his insidious maneuvers were squeezing the life out of me. I was slowly suffocating in as the rumors spread through my small community.

Well-meaning friends told me: “Handle your business.” 

Todd would always badger me saying he only wanted to talk because he knew his charisma and charm would shine through and I would revert to what I was conditioned to do: accept his apology.

And I needed to find a way to make everything stop. 

The only way to breathe again was to control the situation. Even though I recognized this was not a person I wanted in my life, telling an obsessive person “I’m just not that into you” doesn’t end it. In my experience, it escalated it.

I believed civility would quell the unwanted behavior until he lost interest or simply moved on. I placated him, which would de-escalate the situation temporarily. In truth, it was pulling me deeper into the stalker’s web. As I wrote Unfollow Me, I could see that I was never the one “handling it” and that Todd was in control. 

“It is clear Caraway wanted full transparency in her story, with her displaying compromising moments that other writers might shy away from to show readers what patterns—especially their own—could lead them to becoming a possible victim of stalking.” —Memoir Magazine

In writing a memoir, I wanted to take responsibility for the role I played in my own story. I wanted to illustrate for readers how easy it is for us to believe we are in control when, in reality, we aren’t.

A reader once asked, “If you could go back, what would you have done differently?”

The “what ifs” have plagued many sleepless nights, bouts of depression, and deep internal conversations over the years since his conviction. But I always come back to the same answer: “Nothing.”

To do otherwise would be a betrayal of my own values and principles. I could torture myself endlessly rehashing each moment, each decision. But I know deep in my bones that kindness and the capacity for forgiveness are an integral part of who I am.

 

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