You Belong to Me

Author: Ann Rule
Publisher: Warner Books (NY)
ISBN: 9780751511406
Category : Criminal psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 461

Book Description
Ann Rule is the author of THE STRANGER BESIDE ME, the bestselling and extraordinary study of serial killer Ted Bundy which is now recognised as a classic of true crime reporting. A former Seattle policewoman, she has extensive experience of violent crime and brings this knowledge to bear in this, her latest collection of fascinating case studies. YOU BELONG TO ME focuses on one of Florida's most shocking criminals - Tim Harris, the poster-perfect 'All-American' State Trooper who hid bizarre and fatal fantasies behind his badge of authority. Bearing the stamp of classic Ann Rule that makes her books such extraordinary page-turners, this and other cases from her personal files prove once again her undisputed status as the Queen of True Crime.

A Rose For Her Grave & Other True Cases

Author: Ann Rule
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671793535
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 530

Book Description
Ann Rule's Crime Files:Vol. 1.

You Belong to Me and Other True Crime Cases

Author: Ann Rule
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671793543
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 500

Book Description
The author mesmerizing readers with her command of key details about the circumstances surrounding each crime, as well as her consistently masterful examination of the criminals involved.

Empty Promises

Author: Ann Rule
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743424050
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 545

Book Description
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 deadly motives inside a seemingly idyllic marriage: a beautiful young wife, a rising star in America's top-ranked computer corporation, and a prosperous husband, the scion of a family building business. With an adorable son and a gorgeous home, the couple seemed to have it all. But a furtive evil permeated their days and nights, dragging them into a murky world of drugs, sordid sex, and con operations. In this realm, one of them would prove to be a virtual innocent, the other a manipulator with no conscience. Sudden, violent death brought their charade of a fairy-tale romance to a tragic end -- with a brutal crime that might never have come to light were it not for the stubborn detectives and prosecutors whose fight for justice spanned an entire decade. Empty Promises recounts several other cases where the search for love brought only lies and betrayal -- a cautionary primer, perhaps, for those who trust too much too soon. Powerful because they strike so close to home, the cases in Empty Promises will leave readers shaken by the realities of love gone terribly -- and fatally -- wrong.

Ann Rule

Author: Ann Rule
Publisher: Beyond Words/Atria Books
ISBN: 9780671017514
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A collection of three works by the popular true-crime author includes the cases of marry-for-profit killer Randy Roth, obsessed state trooper Tim Harris, and an explosive midwestern love triangle.

A Fever In The Heart

Author: Ann Rule
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671793551
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 476

Book Description
Ann Rule dissects a case centered around an alluring young wife and the two men desperate for her love.

Smoke, Mirrors And Murder

Author: Ann Rule
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1847397352
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 335

Book Description
An ideal family is targeted for death by the least likely enemy, who plotted their demise from behind bars.... A sexual predator hides behind multiple fake identities, eluding police for years while his past victims live in fear that he will hunt them down.... A modest preacher's wife confesses to shooting her husband after an argument -- but there's more to her shattering story than meets the eye. These and other true cases are analyzed with stunning clarity in a page-turning collection you won't be able to put down. Included in this volume are stories of a victim burned beyond recognition - spontaneous human combustion? - impossible - and yet no one else seemed to enter or exit; a man who was a woman who was a man, whose con games in a small community led to murder; a "counterfeit priest" who wasn't a priest at all; a lifetime rapist; and the strangest case ever to hit Montana.

You Belong

Author: Rachel Platten
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
ISBN: 1250785502
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 19

Book Description
A warm and loving message of welcome to newborn babies, You Belong--a picture book from singer-songwriter Rachel Platten and illustrator Marcin Piwowarski--will touch the hearts of everyone. I’m patiently waiting for you to arrive I want to meet you so much I could cry I wonder whose hands and whose eyes you will have? I wonder if you’re going to smile like your dad? Nothing you ever do will be so wrong You belong, you belong. Rachel Platten has written soft and sweet words of welcome to new babies. It explores the myriad of emotions expectant parents experience. The dreamy illustrations capture the magic and wonder a parent has for their precious one before they arrive, and the person they envision as they grow up in the world.

Lying in Wait

Author: Ann Rule
Publisher: Gallery Books
ISBN: 1982138270
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 336

Book Description
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 mind: 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, including: • 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.

Kiss Me, Kill Me

Author: Ann Rule
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416500030
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 434

Book Description
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 people to desperate acts, and how investigators and forensics experts work to unravel the most entangled crimes of passion. Extracting behind-the-scenes details, Rule makes these volatile relationships utterly real, and masterfully re-creates the ill-fated chains of events in such cases as the ex-Marine and martial arts master who seduced vulnerable women and then destroyed their lives...the killer whose calling card was a single bloodred rose...the faithless wife who manipulated and murdered without conscience...the blind date that set the stage for a killer's brutality...and more. In every case, the victim -- young and innocent or older and experienced -- unknowingly trusted a stranger with the sociopathic skill to hide their dark motives, until it was too late to escape a web of deadly lies, fatal promises, and homicidal possession.