Was it possible that some men actually looked forward to the killing of near strangers?

But then she'd seen him from inside the house, and as a near stranger.

He started to say more, then seemed to realize he might have said too much to a near stranger.

Then, in June, came the endless calls from the near stranger.

And the thought of going on a long journey with a near stranger somehow frightened her.

How would he greet her - as a friend or a near stranger?

By the girl's second birthday, the mother had become a near stranger, the records show.

A near stranger's touch shouldn't feel so good, so right.

He wasn't about to go into everything now, on the phone with a near stranger.

I had never asked a near stranger to spend the weekend with me before.