Lying in Wait: Ann Rule's Crime Files: Vol.17
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ISBN: 1451648294 / Publisher: Pocket Books, November 2014
The author presents another collection of fascinating and disturbing true-crime stories drawn from her real-life personal files.
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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.
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