Laural Merlington
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A collection of true-crime tales features individuals who are targeted by random and known perpetrators.Ann Rule 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...
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Ann Rule's crime files volume 1
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English
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Includes the cases of convicted murderers Randy Roth, Charles Rodman Campbell, Cynthia Marler, Ken Burke, and Richard Marquette.
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An explosive love triangle that led to obsession and murder in a small town in the north-west of America. Ann Rule reveals the story of an alluring wife and the two men desperate for her love; a story with a bizarre and deadly twists that no one could have suspected. In this and several other riveting true-crime cases from her personal files, Ann masterfully probes the delusions of the criminal mind.
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Ann Rule's crime files volume 14
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English
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The fourteenth volume in Ann Rule's True Crime Files series features a chilling collection of real cases where unsuspecting victims suffered wiolent crimes - at the hands of a spouse, lover, family member, or helful stranger. While the crimes portrayed in this volume are tragic, perhaps most terrifying is that none of the victims had any sense of danger, never realizing there were masterfully disguised killers walking beside them in their daily lives....
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Focuses on stories of people in danger, sometimes from strangers and sometimes from the people they know and love. The main story, “North to Alaska,” features a tangled web of two families and some sensational detective work thirty years after a murder. It is, quite literally, a case that begins with bare bones.
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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 in the swinging West Coast bar scene, he had his pick of willing sexual...
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 in the swinging West Coast bar scene, he had his pick of willing sexual...
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Ann Rule's crime files) volume 17
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2014.
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English
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Three decades ago, Jackie Schut was considered one of the most prolific baby sellers in the country. She traveled all over the US, murdered women who had just borne babies, and then stole their infants. She is still imprisoned in the South. A lovely, vibrant woman in San Antonio was found dead in a vacant lot. Her mother, a popular local realtor, never stopped looking for her killer. Just months ago, a truly unlikely suspect was found many states...
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[2013]
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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 happens when the case itself becomes an intractable puzzle, when clues are shrouded in smoke and mirrors, and when criminals skillfully evade law enforcement in a maddening cat-and-mouse chase? Even the most devoted true-crime...
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Ann Rule's crime files volume 11
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[2013]
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English
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A ship's pilot legendary for guiding mammoth freighters through the narrows of Puget Sound, he was a proud Norwegian, a ladies' man, and a beloved neighbor. He made electrifying headlines more than once and again when he disappeared at age 80. Was he a suicide, a man broken by one costly misstep? The Sea Captain is a classic tale as blood chilling as murder itself. Along with six other equally riveting, detailed accounts of destruction and murder...