Ann Rule

From the perspective of the former policewoman, crime writer, and unknowing personal friend, tells the story of Ted Bundy, a brilliant law student executed for killing three women, who confessed to killing thirty-five others.

The Stranger Beside Me

A True Story of Passion and Murder

Small Sacrifices

Green river, running red

Andy Stack

Provides a chilling study of serial sex killer Randall Woodfield, who cruised the I-5 highway from California to Washington, leaving a trail of a least forty-four victims behind him. Reissue.

The I-5 Killer

A True Story of Obsession, Revenge, and Murder

Every Breath You Take 

A collection of true crime stories includes the tale of the man who married for profit and his unfortunate victims

A Rose For Her Grave & Other True Cases

From the bestselling true crime author comes the mesmerising true story of Debora Green, a beautiful, wealthy, successful doctor and mother of three whose murderous rage and jealousy brings death and destruction to her family. With direct access to all the principles including Green, the prosecutor, detectives and arson investigators Ann Rule gives us a horrifying portrait of a woman who had it all and lost it. BITTER HARVEST is the chronicle of a tragedy in the heartland of America, the true story of the disintegration of a marriage and its horrifying consequences. As in her earlier books, Ann Rule takes the reader deep into the psyche of a killer whose behaviour, so twisted and so evil, defies belief. Her book is also the story of the tireless and skilful investigators, forensic scientists and prosecutors who finally brought that killer to justice. Gripping, powerful, and ultimately terrifying, BITTER HARVEST is a vivid re-creation of an unthinkable crime - and a depiction of the unimaginable depths of darkness within the human spirit.

A Woman's Fury, a Mother's Sacrifice

Bitter Harvest

Police detective Lieutenant John Stovall embarks on a relentless search for the killer responsible for the mysterious disappearances and murders of a series of pretty young women in the Northwest. By the author of The Stranger Beside Me. Reissue.

Lust Killer

Documents the bizarre true story of a millionaire who manipulated his fourteen-year-old daughter into murdering his wife so he could collect insurance and marry his teenage sister-in-law

If You Really Loved Me

Dead by Sunset

Documents the investigation into the death of Jenn Corbin, whose apparent suicide in December 2004 was later discovered to be a murder committed by her husband, Bart, who was also linked to the suspicious suicide of another woman years earlier.

A True Story of Murder and Betrayal

Too Late to Say Goodbye

A riveting account of Silas Cool, a gunman who shot the driver of a Seattle bus in transit, causing it to plunge off a bridge into an apartment building, is accompanied by nine other sensational true crime cases that explore the alarming nature of the murderous psyche. Original.

Anne Rule's Crime Files

A Rage To Kill and Other True Cases

Everything she ever wanted

A collection of true-crime tales features individuals who are targeted by random and known perpetrators.

Ann Rule's Crime Files:

Lying in Wait

A collection of true-crime tales, selected from the author's "Crime Files" series, is accompanied by three new cases that chronicle the crimes of seemingly ordinary men possessing a twisted obsession with violence and death.

Ann Rule's Most Dangerous Killers

Without Pity

Discusses the investigation and trial of Liysa Northon, who was convicted for killing her husband in 2000 after setting up a crime scene made to look like she herself escaped, a case that eventually linked her to a series of violent crimes against a series of men. Reprint.

A True Story of Desire and Death

Heart Full of Lies

The best-selling author of Dead by Sunset traces the murder case of Whidbey Island resident Russ Douglas, who after spending Christmas with his estranged wife and children in 2003 was found murdered in his car and whose death implicated a long list of suspects, including an aging beauty queen and her boyfriend.

Practice to Deceive

Thomas Capano, the deadly seducer

--And never let her go

THE MOST FATAL MISTAKE? Trust. It's the foundation of any enduring relationship between friends, lovers, spouses, and families. But when trust is placed in those who are not what they seem, the results can be deadly. Ann Rule, who famously chronicled her own shocking experience of unknowingly befriending a sociopath in The Stranger Beside Me, offers a riveting, all-new collection from her true-crime files, with the lethally shattered bonds of trust at the core of each bloodsoaked account. Whether driven to extreme violence by greed or jealousy, passion or rage, these calculating sociopaths targeted those closest to them -- unwitting victims whose last disbelieving words could well have been "but I trusted you...." Headlining this page-turning anthology is the case of middle-school counselor Chuck Leonard, found shot to death outside his Washington State home on an icy February morning. A complicated mix of family man and wild man, Chuck played hard and loved many...but who crossed the line by murdering him in cold blood? And why? The revelation is as stunning as the shattering crime itself, powerfully illuminating how those we think we know can ingeniously hide their destructive and homicidal designs. Along with other shattering cases, immaculately detailed and sharply analyzed by America's #1 true-crime writer, this fourteenth Crime Files volume is essential reading for getting inside the mind of the hidden killers among us.

Ann Rule's Crime Files #14

But I Trusted You

Reopening closed cases with too many unanswered questions, this chilling collection of true-crime stories features doomed relationships and speaks for the vulnerable victims who trusted the wrong people. Original. 550,000 first printing.

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