Ann Rule

Ann Rule
Author: Ann Rule
Publisher: Beyond Words/Atria Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1997
Genre: Crime
ISBN: 9780671017514

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

A Fever In The Heart
Author: Ann Rule
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 476
Release: 1996-10
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0671793551

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

You Belong to Me and Other True Crime Cases

You Belong to Me and Other True Crime Cases
Author: Ann Rule
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 500
Release: 1994-09
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0671793543

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.

Dead by Sunset

Dead by Sunset
Author: Ann Rule
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 547
Release: 2000-02-15
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 0743202775

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 Files volumes, based on fascinating case histories, have assured her reputation as our premier chronicler of crime. Now the former Seattle policewoman brings us the horrific account of a charismatic man adored by beautiful and brilliant women who always gave him what he wanted...sex, money, and even their very lives. When attorney Cheryl Keeton's brutally bludgeoned body was found in her van in the fast lane of an Oregon freeway, her husband, Brad Cunningham, was the likely suspect. But there was no solid evidence linking him to the crime. He married again, for the fifth time, and his stunning new wife, a physician named Sara, adopted his three sons. They all settled down to family life on a luxurious estate. But gradually, their marriage became a nightmare... In this gripping account of Cheryl's murder, Ann Rule takes us from Brad's troubled boyhood to one of the most bizarre trials in legal history, uncovering multiple marriages, financial manipulations, infidelities, and monstrous acts of harassment and revenge along the way. Dead By Sunset is Ann Rule at her riveting best.

But I Trusted You

But I Trusted You
Author: Ann Rule
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2021-12-14
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 1982178671

In this chilling volume of New York Times bestselling author Ann Rule’s Crime Files, discover unforgettable cases of a spouse, lover, family member or helpful stranger who is totally trusted—until it’s too late. Whether driven to extreme violence by greed or jealousy, passion or rage, the calculating sociopaths in this true crime collection 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 shocking 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.

Every Breath You Take

Every Breath You Take
Author: Ann Rule
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 466
Release: 2002-01-14
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 0743229274

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 murder of Sheila Blackthorne Bellush—a woman Rule never met, but whose shocking story she now chronicles with compassion, exacting detail, and unvarnished candor. Although happily ensconced in a loving second marriage, and a new family of quadruplets, Sheila never truly escaped the vicious enslavement of her ex-husband, multi-millionaire Allen Blackthorne, a handsome charmer— and a violent, controlling sociopath who subjected Sheila to unthinkable abuse in their marriage, and terrorized her for a decade after their divorce. When Sheila was slain in her home, in the presence of her four toddlers, authorities raced to link the crime to Blackthorne, the man who vowed to monitor Sheila's every move in his obsessive quest for power and revenge.

In the Name of Love

In the Name of Love
Author: Ann Rule
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 436
Release: 1998
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 067179356X

From true cases in crime files. Written by a former Seattle policewoman.

Practice to Deceive

Practice to Deceive
Author: Norman Robbins
Publisher: Samuel French Limited
Total Pages: 76
Release: 2011
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780573113420

The gruesome discovery of several dead bodies on the moor sparks a police investigation and a heavy media presence in the remote North Yorkshire Village of Chellingford. When Adrian Brooks shows up at Jessica Scanlon's cottage, however, it is with another line of enquiry in mind. His sister, Laura, has disappeared, and he thinks watercolour artist Jessica might be able to help him find her. Jessica's friend Etta has also gone missing, and when she is called upon to identify of the bodies discovered by the police, she confirms that it is Etta. But Jessica's landlady Mildred seems to have other ideas. A mysterious suicide, an elaborate insurance scam and the arrival of nosy true crime writer Diana Wishart create further layers of intrigue that lead to a thrilling denouement.

Practice to Deceive

Practice to Deceive
Author: Ann Rule
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2013-10-08
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 1416544623

"A man is murdered on a sleepy island, and three people are accused of murdering him: an aging beauty queen, her guitar-teacher lover, and the widow"--