The eighth novel in the “Stewart Hoag” series is “The Man Who Loved Women to Death,” written by David Handler. Stewart “Hoagy” Hoag, a ghostwriter, is the main character of the tale. He gets anonymous chapters of a novel from the Answer Man, a serial killer. Every episode describes a lady being stalked and strangled, and the specifics line up with the crimes done. Hoagy worries that the murderer might be someone too near for comfort as he approaches the truth.