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.

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.

A Rage To Kill And Other True Cases:

A Rage To Kill And Other True Cases:
Author: Ann Rule
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2001-01-18
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 0743424042

New York Times bestselling author Ann Rule brings several riveting accounts of seemingly normal men and women who are compelled by a murderous rage to suddenly lash out in this installment of her Crime Files. Ann Rule dives into one of Seattle’s most infamous crimes: a city bus ride that turned into mayhem and murder at the hands of a gunman. With her signature “devastatingly accurate insight” (The New York Times Book Review), she unmasks the forces that drove quiet, clean-cut Silas Cool to shoot the driver, causing the bus to plunge off the Aurora Bridge into an apartment building. Included here are nine other cases that illuminate Rule’s unique and authoritative view of the human psyche gone temporarily berserk. In A Rage to Kill, Ann Rule frighteningly shows that none of us are truly protected from the flashes of irrational violence that can erupt from the killers among us.

Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors

Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors
Author: Ann Rule
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2021-08-31
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1982178655

In July 2011, billionaire Jonah Shacknai's Coronado, California, mansion was the setting for two horrifying deaths only days apart--his young son's plunge from a balcony and his girlfriend's ghastly hanging. What really happened? Baffling questions remain unanswered. Rule looks at the closed cases through the eyes of a relentless crime reporter. The second probe began in Utah when Susan Powell vanished in a 2009 blizzard. Her controlling husband, Josh, proved capable of a blind rage that was heartbreakingly fatal to his innocent young sons almost three years later in a tragedy that shocked America as the details unfolded. If anyone had detected the depth of depravity within Josh Powell, perhaps the family that loved and trusted him would have been saved. In these and seven other riveting cases, Ann Rule exposes the twisted truth behind headlined and little-known homicides and speaks for vulnerable victims who relied on the wrong people.

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.