In the book MR. SHIVERS the reader follows Mr. Connelly on his adventures as he follows the scared man. Connelly looks for the scared man so that he can avenge his daughter's untimely murder. Along the way he meets many different people and some that are looking for the scared man as well. They begin to band together and travel as vagrants and ride the rails or walk getting what they can by trade. It seems that the scared man has many a victim and has left a long trail behind him of death and destruction. We are along for the ride as they travel through many a town and city finding clues and even people working for the scared man himself. How far will Mr. Connelly go to find the scared man and just what will he do if he ever finds the man? Will the others follow him or will they abandon their quest for the scared man? This book takes the reader on a strange trip through the Americas in its time of need during the Great Depression. With many characters that have all been affected in some horrible way by the scared man and his gruesome acts. Robert Jackson Bennett writes a story with a mix of horror and mystery that keeps the reader guessing and gives the reader a surprise twist in the end. The reader watches Mr.