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Ann Rule wrote true-crime novels full-time from 1969 until her recent death. Her 33 novels were augmented by her 1,400 articles about criminal cases. Many of her relatives worked in law enforcement and she herself became a policewoman in Seattle. Even her college studies centered on writing, criminology, and crime scene investigation. She continued attending police seminars long after she had left the force to write, and became a certified instruction and go-to expert on everything to do with murder.

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Possession
Possession
by Ann Rule
Ann Rule brings her mastery of true crime to the forefront of her only published fiction novel, POSSESSION, a #1 New York Times Best Seller.This powerful drama follows married couple Danny and Joanne Lindstrom as they camp within the Cascade Mountains. After an incident leaves Joanne stranded and alone in the rough and unfamiliar...
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Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors: Ann Rule's Crime Files Volume 16
Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors: Ann Rule's Crime Files Volume 16
by Ann Rule
#1 New York Times bestselling author and queen of true crime Ann Rule’s sixteenth volume in her True Crime Files series, Deadly Neighbors delves into the unsolved case of a billionaire’s son mysteriously falling off a balcony to his death and more.In July 2011, billionaire Jonah Shacknai’s Coronado, California, mansion was the setting...
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Small Sacrifices
Small Sacrifices
by Ann Rule
Ann Rule's shocking and powerful account of the destructive forces that drove Diane Downs, a beautiful young mother, to shoot her three young children in cold blood. Includes 11 photos!On the evening of May 19th, 1983, Diane Downs arrived at Mckenzie-Willamette Hospital driving a blood splattered Nissan. Inside were her three children...
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The Stranger Beside Me
The Stranger Beside Me
by Ann Rule
A #1 New York Times Best Seller, Ann Rule’s The Stranger Beside Me gives us a unique perspective into the hidden world of Ted Bundy. Rule gives a chilling and intimate description of her time at a crisis hotline alongside her co-worker, the then charming, sensitive and trustworthy Ted Bundy, and the devastating realization that he was a...
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A Fever in the Heart
A Fever in the Heart
by Ann Rule
A Fever in the Heart tells the story of a tumultuous love triangle that spirals out of control, fueled by the jealousy of a mad man. Lives were ended and families torn apart due to one man’s burning desire to get the woman of his dreams back. Ann Rule originally covered this story in 1976 for Cosmopolitan Magazine; she didn’t feel as...
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In the Name of Love
In the Name of Love
by Ann Rule
IN THE NAME OF LOVE is the true story behind the strange disappearance of Jerry Harris, his wife’s unwavering search for the truth, and the chilling truth behind an evil killer. Jerry Harris was a self-made millionaire with many thriving businesses, a happy marriage and lots of friends. There was no way to know that taking on a new...
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Everything She Ever Wanted
Everything She Ever Wanted
by Ann Rule
Ann Rule captures the fascinating story of a spoiled Southern charmer with a hidden evil side. Unbeknownst to her family and friends, Pat Taylor was a sociopath, dedicated to getting what she wants in life…no matter the consequence. Everything She Ever Wanted chronicles Taylor’s manipulative and ruthless acts including arson, poison and...
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If You Really Loved Me
If You Really Loved Me
by Ann Rule
Brand new eBook edition including 39 black and white photos! David Brown, a self-made millionaire by the age of thirty-two, had a seemingly perfect life: a lucrative business, a beautiful young wife and a daughter who loved him very much. His life changed drastically after his wife was shot to death while she slept in their home and his...
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The End of the Dream: The Golden Boy Who Never Grew Up
The End of the Dream: The Golden Boy Who Never Grew Up
by Ann Rule
Four best friends comprised of an artist, a musician, a sculptor and a nature-loving performer, all came together to build the ultimate bachelor pad and fun house in the secluded Washington evergreens. With their natural wit and charm, they had no trouble getting friends and women to come to their treehouse and have the time of their...
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The End of the Dream: The Golden Boy Who Never Grew Up
The End of the Dream: The Golden Boy Who Never Grew Up
by Ann Rule
Four best friends comprised of an artist, a musician, a sculptor and a nature-loving performer, all came together to build the ultimate bachelor pad and fun house in the secluded Washington evergreens. With their natural wit and charm, they had no trouble getting friends and women to come to their treehouse and have the time of their...
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The I-5 Killer
The I-5 Killer
by Ann Rule
The terrifying true crime story of the I-5 serial killer from Ann Rule, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Stranger Beside Me.  Randall Woodfield had it all. He was an award-winning student and star athlete. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers to play in the NFL, and chosen by Playgirl as a centerfold candidate. Working...
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Lust Killer
Lust Killer
by Ann Rule
From #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Stranger Beside Me comes the terrifying true crime story of a serial killer hiding in plain sight.To his neighbors, Jerry Brudos was a gentle, quiet man whose mild manner sharply contrasted with his awesome physical strength. To his employers, Jerry was an expert electrician, the kind of...
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You Belong to Me
You Belong to Me
by Ann Rule
Lorraine Hendricks’ body was found buried in the trees alongside 1-95 in northern Indian River County. As leads were running cold, police turned their investigation to the one person who could help them solve the crime -- the state trooper who patrolled the area the day her vehicle was found abandoned, claiming not to have seen anything....
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A Rose for Her Grave (Ann Rule's Crime Files)
A Rose for Her Grave (Ann Rule's Crime Files)
by Ann Rule
A Rose for Her Grave tells the story of Randy Roth from the razor-sharp perspective of Ann Rule. Rule attended the Roth trial and includes gripping accounts and details from her personal files on the case. A Rose for Her Grave delves into the heinous crimes of the monster Randy Roth; a man who seduced and manipulated vulnerable women...
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The Want-Ad Killer (True Crime)
The Want-Ad Killer (True Crime)
by Ann Rule
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Stranger Beside Me comes a true crime story of a serial killer who was sentenced to die—yet lived to murder again....and again.... After committing his first grisly crime, Harvey Louis Carignan beat a death sentence and continued to manipulate, rape, and bludgeon women to death, using...
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Dead by Sunset: Perfect Husband, Perfect Killer?
Dead by Sunset: Perfect Husband, Perfect Killer?
by Ann Rule
From bestselling author Ann Rule comes the true story of Bradly Morris Cunningham, the handsome and successful entrereneur who married five different women and destroyed each of them.The author of eight New York Times bestsellers, Ann Rule first won nationwide acclaim with The Stranger Beside Me, about serial killer Ted Bundy. Her Crime...
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Mortal Danger (Ann Rule's Crime Files Book 13)
Mortal Danger (Ann Rule's Crime Files Book 13)
by Ann Rule
The thirteenth entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series from the “prolific and talented” (Publishers Weekly) Ann Rule focuses on crime victims who had no idea they were in life-threatening danger, often from the very people they trusted the most.In this collection’s featured case, a family man dedicated to naturopathic healing...
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Don't Look Behind You: Ann Rule's Crime Files #15
Don't Look Behind You: Ann Rule's Crime Files #15
by Ann Rule
The #1 New York Times bestselling author and true crime master Ann Rule presents her fifteenth volume of the acclaimed Crime Files series focusing on disturbing stories of people in danger, sometimes from strangers and sometimes from the people they know and love. Walking home on a dark night, you hear footsteps coming up behind you. As...
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Bitter Harvest: A Womans Fury A Mothers Sacrifice
Bitter Harvest: A Womans Fury A Mothers Sacrifice
by Ann Rule
True crime icon Ann Rule presents a “must-read” (People) New York Times bestseller—and inspiration behind the Lifetime movie A House on Fire—following a woman whose apparent perfect life hides a harrowing and deadly madness.Debora Green, a doctor and mother in a picturesque and exclusive Kansas town, seems to have the perfect life with...
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Heart Full of Lies: A True Story of Desire and Death
Heart Full of Lies: A True Story of Desire and Death
by Ann Rule
In perhaps the most profound character portrait she has ever drawn, America's bestselling true-crime writer, Ann Rule, asks, Can the female really be deadlier than the male? In Heart Full of Lies, she answers that question in one of her most intriguing tales ever -- a riveting story of seduction, betrayal, and murder. Liysa and Chris...
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No Regrets: Ann Rule's Crime Files: Volume 11
No Regrets: Ann Rule's Crime Files: Volume 11
by Ann Rule
A ship's pilot legendary for guiding mammoth freighters through the narrows of Puget Sound, Rolf Neslund was a proud Norwegian, a ladies' man, and a beloved resident of Washington State's idyllic Lopez Island. Virtually indestructible even into his golden years, he made electrifying headlines more than once: after a ship he was helming...
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Every Breath You Take: A True Story of Obsession, Revenge, and Murder
Every Breath You Take: A True Story of Obsession, Revenge, and Murder
by Ann Rule
America’s #1 true-crime writer fulfills a murder victim’s desperate plea with this shattering New York Times bestseller.“If anything ever happens to me…find Ann Rule and ask her to write my story.” In perhaps the first true-crime book written at the victim's request, Ann Rule untangles a web of lies and brutality that culminated in the...
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Without Pity: Ann Rule's Most Dangerous Killers
Without Pity: Ann Rule's Most Dangerous Killers
by Ann Rule
In an update to one of the most astonishing crimes of the Case Files volumes, Ann Rule profiles the criminals that kill without conscience and shatters their crimes without pity.In eight stunning Case Files volumes, from A Rose for Her Grave to the #1 blockbuster Last Dance, Last Chance, Ann Rule reigns as "America's best true-crime...
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In the Still of the Night: The Strange Death of Ronda Reynolds and Her Mother's Unceasing Quest for the Truth
In the Still of the Night: The Strange Death of Ronda Reynolds and Her Mother's Unceasing Quest for the Truth
by Ann Rule
From true crime legend Ann Rule comes this riveting story of a young woman whose life ended too soon—and a determined mother’s eleven-year crusade to clear her daughter’s name. It was nine days before Christmas 1998, and thirty-two-year-old Ronda Reynolds was getting ready to travel from Seattle to Spokane to visit her mother and brother...
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A Rage To Kill And Other True Cases:: Anne Rule's Crime Files, Vol. 6 (Ann Rule's Crime Files)
A Rage To Kill And Other True Cases:: Anne Rule's Crime Files, Vol. 6 (Ann Rule's Crime Files)
by Ann Rule
Acclaimed for her "devastatingly accurate insight" (The New York Times Book Review) into the criminal mind, Ann Rule has chronicled the most fascinating cases of our time in her bestselling Crime Files series. For this sixth stunning collection, Rule has culled from her private files the most-asked-about homicide cases -- riveting...
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Smoke, Mirrors, and Murder: And Other True Cases (Ann Rule's Crime Files Book 12)
Smoke, Mirrors, and Murder: And Other True Cases (Ann Rule's Crime Files Book 12)
by Ann Rule
Includes Ann Rule's insider commentary on the Mary Winkler murder case REAL-LIFE MURDER. REAL-LIFE MYSTERY. In some murder cases, the truth behind the most tragic of crimes crystallizes with relative ease. Not so with these fascinating accounts drawn from the personal files of Ann Rule, America's #1 bestselling true-crime writer. What...
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Too Late to Say Goodbye: A True Story of Murder and Betrayal
Too Late to Say Goodbye: A True Story of Murder and Betrayal
by Ann Rule
From bestselling author Ann Rule comes the engrossing true story of two beautiful, loving women, and their murder by the man in their life—handsome, charming, rich, a man marked for unlimited success—but one who would never allow any woman to leave him, no matter what the provocation.Jenn Corbin, a lovely, slim, brown-eyed blonde...
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Kiss Me, Kill Me: Ann Rule's Crime Files Vol. 9
Kiss Me, Kill Me: Ann Rule's Crime Files Vol. 9
by Ann Rule
The dark side of love is no fairy tale.... And while we may like to believe that crimes of the heart only victimize those who aren't careful, this page-turning collection of must-read accounts will convince you otherwise. America's #1 true-crime writer, Ann Rule reveals how lovers become predators, how sex and lust can push ordinary...
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And Never Let Her Go: Thomas Capano The Deadly Seducer
And Never Let Her Go: Thomas Capano The Deadly Seducer
by Ann Rule
From America's most celebrated true-crime writer comes the heartbreaking real-life drama of a doomed young woman hopelessly trapped in a web of sexual intrigue, political manipulation, and emotional deception by her charming and successful—but ultimately deadly—lover.The author of fifteen New York Times national bestsellers, Ann Rule, a...
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Last Dance, Last Chance (Ann Rule's Crime Files Book 8)
Last Dance, Last Chance (Ann Rule's Crime Files Book 8)
by Ann Rule
“America’s best true-crime writer” (Kirkus Reviews) presents an all-new collection of crime stories drawn from her private files and featuring the riveting case of a fraudulent doctor whose lifelong deceptions had deadly consequences. Dr. Anthony Pignataro was a cosmetic surgeon and a famed medical researcher whose flashy red Lamborghini...
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Empty Promises: And Other True Cases (Ann Rule's Crime Files Book 7)
Empty Promises: And Other True Cases (Ann Rule's Crime Files Book 7)
by Ann Rule
MORE THAN 20 MILLION COPIES OFANN RULE'S BOOKS IN PRINT! In this unnerving collection drawn from her personal crime files, "America's best true-crime writer" (Kirkus Reviews) Ann Rule brilliantly dissects the convoluted love affairs that all too often end in violence. Expertly analyzing a shocking, headline-making case, Rule unmasks the...
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Worth More Dead: And Other True Cases Vol. 10 (Ann Rule's Crime Files)
Worth More Dead: And Other True Cases Vol. 10 (Ann Rule's Crime Files)
by Ann Rule
From the Crime Files of New York Times bestselling author Ann Rule, the true story of a man who killed his lover's husband, his second wife, and kidnapped his own child.A cold case reopened—and solved—with dogged police work and new evidence. One of the shocking true crimes of passion and greed from Ann Rule's Crime Files. Former Marine...
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Green River, Running Red: The Real Story of the Green River Killer--America's Deadliest Serial Murderer
Green River, Running Red: The Real Story of the Green River Killer--America's Deadliest Serial Murderer
by Ann Rule
In the most extraordinary book Ann Rule has ever undertaken, America's master of true crime has spent more than two decades researching the story of the Green River Killer, who murdered more than forty-nine young women. The quest to discover the most prolific serial killer in American history has been an intimate part of Ann Rule's life...
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Lying in Wait: Ann Rule's Crime Files: Vol.17
Lying in Wait: Ann Rule's Crime Files: Vol.17
by Ann Rule
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)...
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