The Phone Call — Lillian O'Donnell

Three lovely young widows are terrified by a series of obscene telephone calls. They escalate into death threats and the threats into murder. Norah Mulcahaney, rookie policewoman, presents herself as bait to attract the killer.

Ruth Emerson trembled as she returned to her empty apartment from her husband's funeral. Her life as a widow stretched desolate before her. As she entered her bedroom, the phone rang…

Victoria Newmann's husband was killed in the army. She was pregnant and alone in the city. Then one night, the phone rang…

Arabella Broome's husband died from an overdose of drugs. Now she was trying to escape the degradation of the past, cutting all ties. Then her phone rang…

And for all of them, the nightmare began.