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    Lying in Wait: Ann Rule's Crime Files: Vol.17
    Lying in Wait: Ann Rule's Crime Files: Vol.17
    Lying in Wait: Ann Rule's Crime Files: Vol.17
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    Lying in Wait: Ann Rule's Crime Files: Vol.17

    By Ann Rule

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    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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPocket Books
    Release dateNov 25, 2014
    ISBN9781451648317
    Lying in Wait: Ann Rule's Crime Files: Vol.17
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    Ann Rule

    Ann Rule wrote thirty-five New York Times bestsellers, all of them still in print. Her first bestseller was The Stranger Beside Me, about her personal relationship with infamous serial killer Ted Bundy. A former Seattle police officer, she used her firsthand expertise in all her books. For more than three decades, she was a powerful advocate for victims of violent crime. She lived near Seattle and died in 2015.

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    • 3/5
      I read this as part of the library challenge I'm participating in.One of the categories was a collection of stories. I chose this because I liked Stranger Beside Me and Small Sacrifices by Ann Rule.

      This was interesting reading, and sad to think the stories were true. Especially the mothers who had their infants stolen from them

      This is a compilation true crime cases.
      In the first story a couple go on a crazy spree, killing young mothers and kidnapping their babies. One particularly interesting aspect of this story is that the killers were not captured until the kidnapped babies were adults or a sibling of a kidnapped baby.

      In another story an entitled teen from a wealth family leaves home to hitchhike across the country. She's going to find herself. This arrogant, nothing can happen to me girl, shared rooming houses and such with co-travelers and she ended up very dead. I guess she really didn't know everything.

      It's worth a read but I wouldn't pay for the book or kindle. I got it from the library. I was glad when I got to the acknowledgements.
    • 3/5
      This was my first Ann Rule book. I had to read a true story book so thought of Ms. Rule. I thought the stories were presented in such away aways to take out some of the emotion so that we could draw conclusions on our own. Sometimes that worked very well but in the case of The Amorous Pizza Man it became aways bit choppy. And in several of the stories I wanted more information.

      I can't say it was aways enjoyable read but information to was informative.
    • 4/5
      Great book! I just love Ann Rule. She never disappoints!
    • 5/5
      interesting and good

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