Green River, Running Red

By: Ann Rule

Narrated by: Barbara Caruso

Length: 19 hrs and 23 mins

Publisher's summary

In the most extraordinary journey Ann Rule has ever undertaken, America's master of true crime has spent more than two decades researching the story of the Green River Killer, who murdered more than 49 young women.

Green River, Running Red is a harrowing account of a modern monster, a killer who walked among us undetected. It is also the story of his quarry - of who these young women were and who they might have become. A chilling look at the darkest side of human nature, this is the most important and most personal audiobook of Ann Rule's long career.

©2011 Simon & Schuster Audio (P)2004 Ann Rule

Critic reviews

"[C]onveys the emotional truth of the Green River case." ( Los Angeles Times)

"Riveting." ( People)

"Perhaps Rule's finest work." ( Statesman Journal)

Great story, mediocre narrator

My family lived in Seattle in the 80s, so I grew up hearing about the Green River Killer, but I didn’t know a whole lot about the case. This book was extremely informative and enthralling, but the narrator was a little lacking. Listening at 1.25x speed really improved the narrator’s pacing.

Lots of detail

Had a little bit of a hardtime following timeline. Felt like there was so much detail about each girl and the back stories on their lives it made it difficult to keep switching back and forth in the p!ot. Otherwise a great read/listen (on
Audible)

A bit wordy, but ends up interesting.

The beginning reads a bit like the biographies of the victims, down to what they usually ate for dinner on Tuesdays. It was a little exhausting to get through, but I understand the need for attention to the victims. The rest was informative and eye opening.

It's a lot

I love that Rule gives victims voices in this book. But my lord does that make it depressing. Worth it, but depressing. I wasn't thrilled with the narrator, who pronounced some words in weird ways.

Loved the detail!!!

Ann Rule doesn't disappoint with the telling of this tale. I love the way she goes through the lives of each victim, the detectives and Gary Ridgeway. For some this may be tedious but for me - I want to know all of the details. Her style of writing is just what a true crime enthusiast is looking for.

Wow! Best true crime novel I’ve read!

Wow! Ann Rule is my favorite writer of true crime but this book is by far my favorite one of hers. She does a beautiful job of describing the victims and not sensationalizing the monster. Highly recommend!

great book with new information

Ann Rule always does a great job presenting a thorough and in depth synopsis of the case. There were many things in this book that were new information and not something you could find in a quick YouTube search. I would highly recommend if you are interested in the GRK.
The only time I found it hard to follow was when going through so many victims backgrounds. Thats not the Author's fault. There were just to many of them unfortunately.

great audiobook

great writer combined with a great reader results in a brilliant book to listen to.

Yawnnnnn

I love true crime books especially by Ann Rule but this one had me wanting to fast forward to the end. I do blame the narrator who sounded like she had a peanut up her nose but I think a lot had to do with the long drawn out stories of the victims. I feel it is necessary to delve into the lives of the victims but this seemed a little too much. They all lead similar lives so to make each one unique would be difficult. In the end, I think she did the best she could to cover this story but it was not my cup o' tea.

Ridgeway is a pussy,

lil Gary picked on females because he didn't have the balls to stand up to a man. Wimp, good luck in jail ur gonna need it.