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Crime Files #17
Lying in Wait and Other True Cases
Ann Rule presents a collection of fascinating and disturbing true-crime stories—drawn from her real-life personal files—in this seventeenth volume in the #1 New York Times bestselling Crime Files series.
In this gripping collection of investigative accounts from her private archives, “America’s best true-crime writer� ( Kirkus Reviews) exposes the most frightening aspect of the murderous the waiting game. Trusted family members or strangers, these cold-blooded killers select their unsuspecting prey, wait for the perfect moment to strike, then turn normality into homicidal mayhem in a matter of moments. Ann Rule will have you seeing the people and places around you with heightened caution as you read these shattering cases,
� New mothers murdered, their infants kidnapped, in an atrocious baby-selling scheme
� The man who kept his criminal past hidden from his wife—and his wife from his mistress—until he coldly disposed of one of them
� The beautiful daughter of a State Department official ran away from the privileged world she knew and hitched a ride with a man she didn’t . . . with fatal consequences
� For months, a vicious, rage-filled serial rapist eluded police and terrorized Seattle’s women—when would he strike next, and how far would his violence escalate?
� A criminal known for his Houdini-like escapes is serving time for murder in a botched robbery—now the convict is being served dinner in a civilian’s home, where he has one more trick up his sleeve
� A long-lost relative who came home to visit, leaving a bloody trail through Washington and Oregon; no one realized how dangerous he and his ladylove were—until it was far too late. . . .
With her ability to translate the most complex cases into storytelling “as dramatic and chilling as a bedroom window shattering at night� ( The New York Times ), Rule expertly analyzes the thoughts and deeds of the
sociopath, in this seventeenth essential Crime Files volume.
In this gripping collection of investigative accounts from her private archives, “America’s best true-crime writer� ( Kirkus Reviews) exposes the most frightening aspect of the murderous the waiting game. Trusted family members or strangers, these cold-blooded killers select their unsuspecting prey, wait for the perfect moment to strike, then turn normality into homicidal mayhem in a matter of moments. Ann Rule will have you seeing the people and places around you with heightened caution as you read these shattering cases,
� New mothers murdered, their infants kidnapped, in an atrocious baby-selling scheme
� The man who kept his criminal past hidden from his wife—and his wife from his mistress—until he coldly disposed of one of them
� The beautiful daughter of a State Department official ran away from the privileged world she knew and hitched a ride with a man she didn’t . . . with fatal consequences
� For months, a vicious, rage-filled serial rapist eluded police and terrorized Seattle’s women—when would he strike next, and how far would his violence escalate?
� A criminal known for his Houdini-like escapes is serving time for murder in a botched robbery—now the convict is being served dinner in a civilian’s home, where he has one more trick up his sleeve
� A long-lost relative who came home to visit, leaving a bloody trail through Washington and Oregon; no one realized how dangerous he and his ladylove were—until it was far too late. . . .
With her ability to translate the most complex cases into storytelling “as dramatic and chilling as a bedroom window shattering at night� ( The New York Times ), Rule expertly analyzes the thoughts and deeds of the
sociopath, in this seventeenth essential Crime Files volume.
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First published November 25, 2014
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Ann Rule
123books4,346followersAnn Rule was a popular American true crime writer. Raised in a law enforcement and criminal justice system environment, she grew up wanting to work in law enforcement herself. She was a former Seattle Policewoman and was well educated in psychology and criminology.
She came to prominence with her first book, The Stranger Beside Me, about the Ted Bundy murders. At the time she started researching the book, the murders were still unsolved. In the course of time, it became clear that the killer was Bundy, her friend and her colleague as a trained volunteer on the suicide hotline at the Seattle, Washington Crisis Clinic, giving her a unique distinction among true crime writers.
Rule won two Anthony Awards from Bouchercon, the mystery fans' organization. She was nominated three times for the Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America. She is highly regarded for creating the true crime genre as it exists today.
Ann Rule also wrote under the name Andy Stack . Her daughter is ŷ author Leslie Rule.
She came to prominence with her first book, The Stranger Beside Me, about the Ted Bundy murders. At the time she started researching the book, the murders were still unsolved. In the course of time, it became clear that the killer was Bundy, her friend and her colleague as a trained volunteer on the suicide hotline at the Seattle, Washington Crisis Clinic, giving her a unique distinction among true crime writers.
Rule won two Anthony Awards from Bouchercon, the mystery fans' organization. She was nominated three times for the Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America. She is highly regarded for creating the true crime genre as it exists today.
Ann Rule also wrote under the name Andy Stack . Her daughter is ŷ author Leslie Rule.
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August 13, 2018
Compelling compilation of crimes, but I cannot stop thinking about the complete casualness of Al Baker. He could not have cared less about his heinous act, hardly bothered to do his half-ass clean up; bored and blase when talking to the police. Dude is cold.
December 4, 2024
That story about Arthur St. Peters was crazy any escape artists just blow my mind. Ann Rule is THE true crime writer. I like hate that they all take place in my home state of Washington� but like let’s be honest all true crime happens there� don’t move there� If you’re looking for true crime stories that aren’t well known, Ann Rule is your girl. She also leaves you with no questions as she provides so much detail that every story leaves you with a satisfied ending, in means of wondering what happens next. And she does the best job at making sure the victims are the ones you remember from the books.
January 23, 2020
This is a collection of true crime stories complied by the late Ann Rule, of which all of them were eye-opening and shocking to read about due to the triggering details. I certainly wouldn't have read this before bedtime. Slow in pacing and lots of information and backstories to take in which at times was a little boring. Read this one on Scribd!
August 8, 2017
I feel bad for saying this, but I found most of the stories in this volume to be tedious and boring. Heck, I ended up just skimming the last two stories.
The Baby Seller-The first one about a baby seller should have been interesting. But I think due to all of the criminal activities the woman was involved in, the whole story read as muddled. I am still confused about who did what to who as well. Things were very confusing to me as a reader. It still reads to me that perhaps the accused wasn't charged with the other victim who was included in this story. Or maybe I just read it incorrectly. Rule also weirdly includes a story about a woman whose baby was kidnapped and returned and had nothing to do with the main story at all.
Secrets of the Amorous Pizza Man-I felt irritated through this whole story. Maybe because we got bare bones about the victim and the accused in this one. Rule spends more time describing how Poleys (people who have gone to live in the North Pole) interact and details about them. I needed more information in this one.
A Road Trip to Murder-This one was appalling. A white supremacist and his girlfriend go on a killing spree. This one was really rushed I thought and I am still unclear on several things that are portrayed in this one. And weirdly at times Rule seems to show admiration for the accused because he was a stand up guy who didn't want to get his friends in trouble and was intelligent.
Murderous Epitaph for the Beautiful Runaway-There seemed to be a good deal of well what did she expect to happen in this one when I read it. Once again, I doubt Rule meant it to come across that way, but it definitely reads that way to me.
Tracks of a Serial Rapist-I have read this story at least three times now in other volumes.
Take a Lifer Home to Dinner . . . with Murder for Dessert!-Ugh. I didn't even finish this last story. I was really irritated after realizing I read the above story again.
Once again this volume does not hang together very well. This volume is called "Lying in Wait" and the first story shows that these women actually met the woman who ended up killing them. So there was no lying in wait there. I guess there was some element to that in some of the other stories here and there.
The Baby Seller-The first one about a baby seller should have been interesting. But I think due to all of the criminal activities the woman was involved in, the whole story read as muddled. I am still confused about who did what to who as well. Things were very confusing to me as a reader. It still reads to me that perhaps the accused wasn't charged with the other victim who was included in this story. Or maybe I just read it incorrectly. Rule also weirdly includes a story about a woman whose baby was kidnapped and returned and had nothing to do with the main story at all.
Secrets of the Amorous Pizza Man-I felt irritated through this whole story. Maybe because we got bare bones about the victim and the accused in this one. Rule spends more time describing how Poleys (people who have gone to live in the North Pole) interact and details about them. I needed more information in this one.
A Road Trip to Murder-This one was appalling. A white supremacist and his girlfriend go on a killing spree. This one was really rushed I thought and I am still unclear on several things that are portrayed in this one. And weirdly at times Rule seems to show admiration for the accused because he was a stand up guy who didn't want to get his friends in trouble and was intelligent.
Murderous Epitaph for the Beautiful Runaway-There seemed to be a good deal of well what did she expect to happen in this one when I read it. Once again, I doubt Rule meant it to come across that way, but it definitely reads that way to me.
Tracks of a Serial Rapist-I have read this story at least three times now in other volumes.
Take a Lifer Home to Dinner . . . with Murder for Dessert!-Ugh. I didn't even finish this last story. I was really irritated after realizing I read the above story again.
Once again this volume does not hang together very well. This volume is called "Lying in Wait" and the first story shows that these women actually met the woman who ended up killing them. So there was no lying in wait there. I guess there was some element to that in some of the other stories here and there.
February 9, 2025
This is my first true crime case file book I have read by Ann Rule, and I enjoyed it. I loved the different cases this book offered. It's a different pace than reading a true crime that's about just one case. Sometimes, when reading a true crime book, after halfway through, you feel bored or as if the story is dragging on. In this book, you finish one case and then onto the next! The flow of reading this book is effortless. Each case was well written by Ann Rule. I have many more of these books by Ann, and I'm excited to read more. There are six cases in this book. The case that stood out to me was Secrets of The Amorous Pizza Man. I would recommend this book simply because of the variety of cases you get to dive into.
December 7, 2014
Rule has lost he touch. She writes about cases that hold no fascination or interest. She needs to branch out from cases that took place in the Pacific Northwest and write about cases elsewhere, as she has done in the past. Either that or she should retire. And the narrator reminded me of listening to grandma drone on and on.
December 18, 2014
As always, I'm lying in wait for my next Ann Rule!
I have been reading her writings since the Andy Stack days.
There are six true stories of cases that Rule dug deep to find the answers to. Sometimes there are people who do unspeakable things, and she writes so fluidly you think you are actually walking through the scene with her as she writes, and seeing those things as they unfolded.
Always get wrapped up in her writing.
I have been reading her writings since the Andy Stack days.
There are six true stories of cases that Rule dug deep to find the answers to. Sometimes there are people who do unspeakable things, and she writes so fluidly you think you are actually walking through the scene with her as she writes, and seeing those things as they unfolded.
Always get wrapped up in her writing.
December 1, 2021
I am NEVER going to oregon, that's all I'm getting from her books lol I love how she describes the men/women in the book - the research is mind boggling - I've heard almost all of these stories already unfortunately so it wasn't as good as I thought it'd be
November 26, 2014
I am a huge Ann Rule fan, however, was utterly disappointed by this book. It was not her usual flow and was quite choppy. I so wanted to like it but couldn't even muster finishing the last story.
December 19, 2019
True Crime is always so fascinating to me because while I read a shit ton of thriller and horror books, they don't really bother me much since I know they're fiction. But the crimes actual humans make seem even that more insane because of the capacity people have to do such heinous things.
Now, admittedly, this is my first Ann Rule book. I have a couple I need to read by her that I think I'll enjoy more. Case files like these are still fascinating but now I'm in the short stories portion of true crime and like with most collections, I don't quite get that satisfaction. Things felt a bit tedious and repetitive here and I found my attention waning quite a few times.
The crimes here are absolutely terrible. How people can meticulously plan their evil is weirdly impressive while also incomprehensible. To do this to children no less.... it's just plan wicked. And to also see the legal side be so blase about it at times. Like what? One thing I found interesting was Rule stating that while she has written about these types of stories many times over, they're still no less harrowing and she does find herself reacting in her real life - depressive episodes and such.
While this collection didn't quite interest me like I had hoped it would, I do find these types of reads very interesting. I think I'll stick with a book focused on one particular case over a collection of various ones.
Now, admittedly, this is my first Ann Rule book. I have a couple I need to read by her that I think I'll enjoy more. Case files like these are still fascinating but now I'm in the short stories portion of true crime and like with most collections, I don't quite get that satisfaction. Things felt a bit tedious and repetitive here and I found my attention waning quite a few times.
The crimes here are absolutely terrible. How people can meticulously plan their evil is weirdly impressive while also incomprehensible. To do this to children no less.... it's just plan wicked. And to also see the legal side be so blase about it at times. Like what? One thing I found interesting was Rule stating that while she has written about these types of stories many times over, they're still no less harrowing and she does find herself reacting in her real life - depressive episodes and such.
While this collection didn't quite interest me like I had hoped it would, I do find these types of reads very interesting. I think I'll stick with a book focused on one particular case over a collection of various ones.
February 2, 2017
*"The Baby Seller": Athens AL 1980: the abominable Jackie Sue Schut, child abuser, child pornographer, kidnapper, murderer: she murdered a young mother in Alabama, stole her newborn, then abandoned the child in a deserted field when she discovered his club foot. (He was rescued by a chance passing motorist.) She most likely abducted another young mother and her newborn, only to panic and send the child back via taxi when she (allegedly accidentally) murdered the mother. It seems only too likely those were not her only two victims.
*"Secrets of the Amorous Pizza Man": Whidbey Island WA 2012: meteorologist (of the straight-up scientific kind, not the TV weather report kind) meets a man in Antarctica, falls in love, marries him, and is murdered by him in Washington State after six years of marriage when she becomes inconvenient to him. So far as anyone knows, she had no idea he didn't love her as much as she loved him.
*"A Road Trip to Murder": Everett WA 2011: white supremacist ex-con and his white supremacist ex-con girlfriend murder his father, the stepmother he had never met before, and two perfect strangers, in an effort to get to Sacramento and "kill more Jews."
*"Murderous Epitaph for the Beautiful Runaway": Seattle WA 1977: young woman runs away from wealthy home in Maryland, ends up being raped & murdered in a seedy Seattle hotel.
*"Tracks of a Serial Rapist": reprint of Part II of "The Most Frightening Crime of All" from with the pseudonyms taken out and real names put in.
*"'Take a Lifer Home to Dinner . . . with Murder for Dessert!'": Tacoma WA 1972: another surreal dispatch from the early seventies; convict takes advantage of half-baked quasi-furlough program (for which he wasn't even eligible), runs, and kills a pawn-shop owner.
This collection contains no case called "Lying in Wait."
*"Secrets of the Amorous Pizza Man": Whidbey Island WA 2012: meteorologist (of the straight-up scientific kind, not the TV weather report kind) meets a man in Antarctica, falls in love, marries him, and is murdered by him in Washington State after six years of marriage when she becomes inconvenient to him. So far as anyone knows, she had no idea he didn't love her as much as she loved him.
*"A Road Trip to Murder": Everett WA 2011: white supremacist ex-con and his white supremacist ex-con girlfriend murder his father, the stepmother he had never met before, and two perfect strangers, in an effort to get to Sacramento and "kill more Jews."
*"Murderous Epitaph for the Beautiful Runaway": Seattle WA 1977: young woman runs away from wealthy home in Maryland, ends up being raped & murdered in a seedy Seattle hotel.
*"Tracks of a Serial Rapist": reprint of Part II of "The Most Frightening Crime of All" from with the pseudonyms taken out and real names put in.
*"'Take a Lifer Home to Dinner . . . with Murder for Dessert!'": Tacoma WA 1972: another surreal dispatch from the early seventies; convict takes advantage of half-baked quasi-furlough program (for which he wasn't even eligible), runs, and kills a pawn-shop owner.
This collection contains no case called "Lying in Wait."
August 12, 2021
I was fully unprepared to be reading a true crime story set in my home state, Alabama.
While there are six stories in this collection, the first three stories are probably the most intriguing ones. I think they just had more substance than the last three stories, which were roughly 10-20 pages a piece. So I've decided to focus this on the three in depth stories.
"Baby Seller"
This immediately grabbed my attention because it's set in Alabama and other Southern states. In the 1980's, several young women were killed and their newborn babies were kidnapped. Jackie Schut posed as a photographer for a newborn baby competition. She wandered around with her own children and husband, looking for babies who might make them a quick buck on the black market. Besides the obvious trouble of this scam, Schut actually killed a woman in front of her own child. This whole story was crazy from start to finish. They started in Alabama, worked their way over to Louisiana, Texas, and wound up in Washington before all this came tumbling down.
"Secrets of the Amorous Pizza Man"
This was your classic tale of husband kills wife and moves his mistress in. Al Baker and Kathie Hill met while working together in Antarctica. Both were well into their 50's but they were absolutely smitten with each other. Kathie had been burned in the past but knew the screening process for the company they both worked for, therefore she knew he couldn't be hiding anything devious or he wouldn't have been granted employment. Somehow, Al slipped through the cracks. Days after Kathie went missing from their Whidbey Island home, Al picked up their mutual friend Trudi from the airport. Police showed up a few days letter to perform a wellness check on Kathie. That's when they discovered Trudi believed Al and Kathie were divorced. She was told Kathie no longer lived in the house. Al had been feeding lies to Kathie, Trudi, and detectives. It wouldn't take long before Kathie was found and Al was trapped in his own web of lives.
"Road Trip to Murder"
This story was crazy from start to finish. DeeDee Pederson welcomed everyone into her home with open arms. When her husband's son came into town with his girlfriend she welcomed them in without asking any questions. It didn't matter that they were both recently released from prison. She was willing to create a relationship with them. How could she have known they were planning to kill her in her own home? After DeeDee was found, it was discovered that her husband, Red and his car were both missing. By the time they found video surveillance of the trio, Red would be dead and so would an innocent 20 year old boy.
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While there are six stories in this collection, the first three stories are probably the most intriguing ones. I think they just had more substance than the last three stories, which were roughly 10-20 pages a piece. So I've decided to focus this on the three in depth stories.
"Baby Seller"
This immediately grabbed my attention because it's set in Alabama and other Southern states. In the 1980's, several young women were killed and their newborn babies were kidnapped. Jackie Schut posed as a photographer for a newborn baby competition. She wandered around with her own children and husband, looking for babies who might make them a quick buck on the black market. Besides the obvious trouble of this scam, Schut actually killed a woman in front of her own child. This whole story was crazy from start to finish. They started in Alabama, worked their way over to Louisiana, Texas, and wound up in Washington before all this came tumbling down.
"Secrets of the Amorous Pizza Man"
This was your classic tale of husband kills wife and moves his mistress in. Al Baker and Kathie Hill met while working together in Antarctica. Both were well into their 50's but they were absolutely smitten with each other. Kathie had been burned in the past but knew the screening process for the company they both worked for, therefore she knew he couldn't be hiding anything devious or he wouldn't have been granted employment. Somehow, Al slipped through the cracks. Days after Kathie went missing from their Whidbey Island home, Al picked up their mutual friend Trudi from the airport. Police showed up a few days letter to perform a wellness check on Kathie. That's when they discovered Trudi believed Al and Kathie were divorced. She was told Kathie no longer lived in the house. Al had been feeding lies to Kathie, Trudi, and detectives. It wouldn't take long before Kathie was found and Al was trapped in his own web of lives.
"Road Trip to Murder"
This story was crazy from start to finish. DeeDee Pederson welcomed everyone into her home with open arms. When her husband's son came into town with his girlfriend she welcomed them in without asking any questions. It didn't matter that they were both recently released from prison. She was willing to create a relationship with them. How could she have known they were planning to kill her in her own home? After DeeDee was found, it was discovered that her husband, Red and his car were both missing. By the time they found video surveillance of the trio, Red would be dead and so would an innocent 20 year old boy.
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August 24, 2017
Another solid set of true crime stories, though it's curious to me why it's titled "Lying in Wait and Other True Cases" when none of the tales in the book are called "Lying in Wait."
June 25, 2019
This covers a few different cases some in more detail than others. A good read!
December 18, 2014
This latest volume of Ann Rule's true crime cases has what appear to be a few older stories (perhaps written several years ago) in addition to some relatively "new" cases. The first one is especially horrifying in that it has to do with a woman who kidnapped infants, at the same time murdering their mothers, probably so she could sell them for adoption on the black market. I know things like this go on, but this story was just so terrible, I had trouble getting my mind around the idea of anyone killing new mothers in order to take their babies.
There are stories also of a particularly heinous murder of a wife by her husband, and the story of a murder of a father and stepmother by the father's son and girlfriend. They also murdered other people, one of them not very far at all where I happen to live, in 2011.
All of the cases in this book makes a person wonder what in the world can be going through anyone's head before they commit such awful crimes.
There are stories also of a particularly heinous murder of a wife by her husband, and the story of a murder of a father and stepmother by the father's son and girlfriend. They also murdered other people, one of them not very far at all where I happen to live, in 2011.
All of the cases in this book makes a person wonder what in the world can be going through anyone's head before they commit such awful crimes.
December 5, 2014
I love Ann Rule's full-length crime novels; never been a huge fan of her "Crime Files" though I have read them all anyway. This one, for whatever reason, dragged on and on. The first story, the longest, held no real mystery and was very predictable. Unlike her other books, I found it difficult to connect with anyone involved in the crime. The other, shorter, stories were almost a joke; I could glean more information about these crimes from the police blotter in the local paper. A few pages of listing the victims, the environment surrounding the actual crime, and the sentence of the perpetrator. This is the first Ann Rule book I've ever read where I was skimming the entire last half of the book. Not worth it.
June 7, 2017
Ann Rule's Crime Files series have been popular especially for lovers of true crime books. Rule deserves the accolades she has received for her work especially her handling and extra effort to give victims some depth and understanding instead of just being statistics of dead people. Ann seemed to be a very compassionate person. I've enjoyed virtually all of her work. I think I have read all her books and was sad to find that she passed a few years ago. No more Ann Rule crime books! Sad. She seemed to have lost some of her touch in the last few years of her life but 2nd rate Rule was better than many others best. This particular collection was not as strong as some of her previous books but still worth reading if you are a true crime aficionado. RIP Ann Rule. You will be remembered.
October 1, 2015
I really enjoyed the first two cases covered in this book. However, I felt that her details of the actual court trials were terribly dull and lengthy. I just want a brief overview of the court case and then the sentencing. Also, by the end of the book she just kind of tacked on two completely random stories that had absolutely no detail and were also lengthy and ranting with her own opinions rather than evidence. I also find that her writing itself is sophomoric in places with exclamation marks and rhetorical questions being used several times in one paragraph which is a pet peeve of mine. Not sure if I'll read another Ann Rule novel because of this experience.
July 4, 2018
From the sadistic baby abductions leaving many mothers slain with a bullet before their newborns were stolen by a woman with a cursed path, to the harsh reality of being a little too trusting, Ann Rule thoroughly explored the natures of several crimes publicized. As the events unfold and the details come to life, it reads like a book of fiction while remain hauntingly real. A rapist who eluded police fopr months, terrifying his victims and miraculously allowing many to survive. Ending with a man who had to choose between his wife and his mistress as they began to find out about one another.
March 16, 2015
I have read most all of Ann Rule's books, both full length and crime files, and I agree with another reviewer here that her last few books have just not been as good as many of her earlier ones. I enjoy reading true crime, but I prefer the facts not the opinions of the author. I like to make up my own mind after following the evidence. The stories in this latest Crime Files just didn't get my attention like some in the past.
December 7, 2014
A collection of true crime stories, including a woman who kills mothers to steal their babies and a scheming husband.
This book is exactly what it says it is: collections of crimes that are sad and horrific. The formatting on the eBook did not show the pictures at the end properly, but the stories themselves were unaffected.
This book is exactly what it says it is: collections of crimes that are sad and horrific. The formatting on the eBook did not show the pictures at the end properly, but the stories themselves were unaffected.
February 15, 2015
Though I prefer Ann Rule's book-length crime stories, this volume contains three rather long accounts as well as three shorter ones, so it was a more satisfying read than others in this series. Of course the downside is that it always makes me regard humanity with a jaundiced eye.
September 18, 2015
I am sorry that I have read my last Ann Rule book. However, like others have noted, the quality of her writing had been going downhill. Her death means no more books but perhaps it is for the best in the long run
October 2, 2015
Ann Rule at the top of her game - I liked the combo of the long detailed ones and the tighter shorter stories.
Plus, another one off the shelf! I have three BIG boxes of books left to unpack, I need to move some to the read-charity box or I will drown.
Plus, another one off the shelf! I have three BIG boxes of books left to unpack, I need to move some to the read-charity box or I will drown.
February 1, 2016
Not as interesting as some of the other compilations I've been reading. The short stories were really short, and in at least one there was really no question who was the killer; another was just about a guy who was very good at breaking out of jail. Only available in ePub and OD Read; annoying.
December 3, 2014
Blah
Repetitive and wordy. Not one of AR's shining moments for me, and I am a fan. More "churn 'em out and get 'em on the shelf" than many earlier works.
Repetitive and wordy. Not one of AR's shining moments for me, and I am a fan. More "churn 'em out and get 'em on the shelf" than many earlier works.
December 21, 2014
Ann Rule rocks in making sense of the senseless.
June 24, 2015
Meh...Ann Rule just doesn't do it for me anymore.
She's like beginner true crime, something to read until you build your chops for the real true-crime books.
July 20, 2016
I always love reading Ann Rule's True Crime books. Never go wrong with any in the series.
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