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Everything 33 years on the job taught me about women who live alone. Written down at last.

(The Hardest House on the Block)
What to say at the door, on the phone and in the parking lot, so yours is the house they skip.
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How it works

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You pay

Through a secure checkout, the same one big stores use. I never see your card number.

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The books open

On the very next screen, about thirty seconds later. Phone, tablet or computer.

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They're yours to keep

Save them to your phone or computer and open them any time. Lose them? Write to me and I'll send the link again.

Nothing ships, and there is no account to make.

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The honest math

Most people spend the most money on the things that protect them least. Here is a typical first year, priced the way it really happens.

The worried way

Monitored alarm contractabout $40 a month
Cameras bought in a panic, plus app fees$400 and up
Gadgets that end up in a drawer$300, give or take
That alarm contract againevery year, forever
Year one$1,180 and up

The Hardest House way

3-inch screws and a heavy strike plateabout $25
Slider stick, window pins, a real door guardabout $25
Two solar motion lightsabout $60
The habits, the phone card, the neighborsfree
One timeabout $110, plus this library

Your numbers will differ. The point does not: this whole library costs less than one month of a monitoring contract, and you keep it. Deterrent methods and burglar behavior are drawn from U.S. Department of Justice burglary data and research interviewing convicted burglars. Prices are illustrative ranges as of 2026 and vary by home and region; check current costs yourself.

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What's Inside

Three large-print books and a printable toolkit. Every chapter ends with what to say, what to do, and what it costs, and most of it costs nothing.

And that's a fraction of it. Three books, 237 pages, and the words to say for every knock and every call.

237pages, large print
3books
21chapters
10printable cards and forms
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Please read this before you buy. What you get here is a set of files you read on a screen: a phone, a tablet or a computer. No book is posted to you. Nothing arrives in the mail. You're welcome to print any page, as many copies as your own family needs.
Talk Through the Door
(Volume 1 of The Hardest House on the Block)

Talk Through the Door

  • 66 pages in large print: the door, where it nearly always starts
  • Instant PDF download, on your phone about thirty seconds after you pay
  • The 15 things strangers say at your door, and the words you say back
  • The nice neighbor with a lot of questions, and the safe answers
  • The Saturday door check: one screwdriver, one afternoon
  • Hiring a contractor or an aide: the license check, the reference call and the 3-day rule
  • Plus the printable toolkit: the cards for the phone and the door, the 30-day plan, and the Kitchen Drawer File for your medicines, accounts and papers
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Jackie Shaw

Jackie Shaw

I tended bar for eight years, then spent thirty-three with the NYPD: patrol, then burglary, then fraud. I sat across the table from the men who pick houses, and from the women they picked. When my husband Frankie died, the scam calls started within a week, and I nearly fell for one. Me.

I won't sell you gadgets or fear. I'll teach you the way I teach the women on my block: plain, a little bossy, with the why behind every step, and most of it free.

Jackie

Questions, Answered Honestly

Is this a printed book you mail me?

No, and I want you to know that before you spend a dime. Each book is a PDF, and the printable toolkit comes with it: files you open on your phone, your tablet or your computer the moment you pay. Nothing arrives in the mail. You can print any page at home or at the library, and the toolkit is made to be printed and taped by the phone and the door.

Is the type big enough to read?

Yes. It's set in large print with short paragraphs, and the cards and checklists are made to be read from across the kitchen.

I'm not good with computers.

You don't need to be, hon. You press one button and the books open like a photo opens: no account, no password. If it doesn't open, write to me and I'll walk you through it myself, or give your money back.

Is this about guns or fighting back?

No. No weapons, ever, and no self-defense moves. Everything in it is about not being picked in the first place, what to say, and what to do instead: avoid, lock, leave and call.

Do I need tools or a handyman?

Mostly no. The habits are free. The few fixes need a screwdriver and an afternoon, and the books tell you when it's worth asking a son, a nephew or a neighbor to help.

I rent an apartment. Is it still for me?

Yes. The door, the phone, the scams, the parking lot and the plan apply to everyone, and the books point out the fixes renters can do without drilling or asking the landlord.

Is this a subscription? Will you charge my card again?

No. You pay once. No subscription, no app, nothing to renew. When I update the books, you get the new edition free.

Can I buy just one book?

Yes. Each book is on its own. Start with Volume 1, the door, because that's where it nearly always starts. If you want the house and the phone too, all three are together, so the other two come out cheaper than buying them one at a time.

I'm buying this for my mother.

Good. That's how a lot of these end up on the fridge. Buy it, print the cards, and go through the door check together one Saturday.

What if it doesn't help me?

Email me within days and you get your money back. No questions, and you keep the books.

Questions before you buy?

Write to me here and I answer.

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