I have to say that this ended up being my favorite true crime book by Ann Rule. I think the main reason is that this one stayed really focused on not only the the accused, but also the victim and other women in this man's orbit. Usually Rule's books start to read as formulaic with her going into the...
I've read pretty much everything Ann Rule ever wrote but I was feeling the true crime reading itch recently so I picked this up again. My mom got me hooked on Ann Rule and true crime in general in the late 80s when I was in the 6th grade and we read every book as soon as the paperback came out.
It's weird growing up as a child in the 80s. I heard all of these stories about these serial killers that seem to have popped up overnight in the 1980s it seemed. You had Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and you even had the I-5 killer, Randall Woodfield. Reading this true crime book by Ann Rule about...
This was just an okay read from beginning to end. I think the issue is that the first two cases were pretty much unsolved mysteries. So you can guess at what happened, but you don't really know. After that, I didn't get the reason why some of these cases were included in this volume. The last two we...
I found this book endless. I was bored from beginning to end probably because Rule tries to fit way too many things into this book. I think it's cause the case she focuses on (the murder of Russell Douglas) does not have a satisfactory ending through as a reader you can put two and two together. I...
The centerpiece to this look at murder cases is Rule focusing on the case of Randy Roth. Rule calls him a modern day Bluebeard and the comparison is apt. Roth we find truly hates women and woos with the plan to marry them in order to collect their insurance. The first case is set up in typic...
"You Belong to Me" starts off with a longer story and then the anthology showcases other true crime stories. I didn't think that some of them fit with the overall theme I got from the first one though which is one reason why I lowered it half a star. And then I lowered it another half star when I re...
I remember watching the Lifetime movie for this when I was a kid and becoming quite fascinated with Clancy Brown's voice. At the time I didn't realize that the movie was based on a true story. "If You Really Loved Me" by Ann Rule shows how David Brown was able to manipulate his 14 year old daughter ...
Ann Rule’s 7th crime files book is a little heavy on the hyperbole, but there’s an important theme running through these true crime stories that women should pay attention to. There is a pattern of behavior we should be wary of in our intimate relationships. It may be subtle at first, then escalate ...
I'm usually not a big fan of true crime, but this one was very gripping. It's been a while since I read it, so I don't remember details, but I remember making a point of stopping to see the author at a local book signing so I could tell her how much I enjoyed the book.
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