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3 out of 5 stars
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Better than the last but not quite up to par
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A former Seattle policewoman, Ann Rule has extensive experience of violent crime and brings this knowledge to bear in this collection of fascinating case studies. You Belong to Me focuses on one of Florida's most shocking criminals - Tim Harris, the poster-perfect 'All-American' State Trooper who hid bizarre and fatal fantasies behind his badge of authority.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Another Ann Rule Audiobook worth the wait.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The most fatal mistake? Trust. It's the foundation of any enduring relationship between friends, lovers, spouses, and families. But when trust is placed in those who are not what they seem, the results can be deadly. Ann Rule, who famously chronicled her own shocking experience of unknowingly befriending a sociopath in The Stranger Beside Me, offers a riveting, all-new collection from her true-crime files, with the lethally shattered bonds of trust at the core of each blood-soaked account.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not as good as I expected
- By Karen K.Cunningham on 04-07-16
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5 out of 5 stars
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As a young man, Randall Woodfield had it all; he was a star athlete with good looks and an award-winning student. Working in the swinging West Coast bar scene, he had more than his share of women. But he wanted more than just sex. An appetite for unspeakable violent acts led him to cruise the I-5 highway through California to Washington, leaving a trail of victims along the way. As the list of the dead grew, the police mobilized to stop a twisted killer who had 44 known deaths to his name.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 251
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One wintery night on tiny, quiet Whidbey Island off the coast of Washington, Russ Douglas spent Christmas with his estranged wife, Brenna. He left Brenna Douglas's home in Langley on the morning of December 26, 2003 to run some errands. He didn't return - dead of gunshot to the head. The suspects included an aging beauty queen, her guitar-teacher lover, and Russell's widow, Brenna. With her trademark aplomb, Ann Rule unravels the fascinating story of a murder, a small town, and a number of potential killers.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Better than the last but not quite up to par
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 256
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 236
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4 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not as good as I expected
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Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors: And Other True Cases
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It’s a chilling reality that homicide investigators know all too well: The last face most murder victims see is not that of a stranger, but of someone familiar. Whether only an acquaintance or a trusted intimate, such killers share a common trait that triggers the downward spiral toward death for someone close to them: They are masters at hiding who they really are. Their clever masks let them appear safe, kind, and truthful. They are anything but - and almost no one can detect the murderous impulses buried deep in their psyches.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Evil People Do
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Dead by Sunset
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Loni Ann, Cynthia, Lauren, Cheryl, and Sara seemed to have it all - beauty, wealth, children, and a husband who they believed to be this perfect man - Brad Cunningham. He was handsome, charismatic, and mysterious. They adored him and tried to give him all he wanted. But he wanted everything: sex, money, and it seemed, their very lives. How long would it take before he finally got what he deserved?
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5 out of 5 stars
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My house is clean, my dogs are exhausted!
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A Fever in the Heart: And Other True Cases
- Ann Rule's Crime Files, Book 3
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A Fever in the Heart dissects an explosive triangle that led to obsession and murder in a small town in the northwest 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 twist that no one could have suspected. In this and several other riveting true-crime cases from her personal files, Ann Rule masterfully probes the delusions of the criminal mind, the fateful circumstances and the unrelenting investigative forces at work in the aftermath of murder.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not up to par for this author
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Monster
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On a snowy winter evening in 1982, 21-year-old Mary Brown accepted a ride from a handsome stranger in the resort town of Breckenridge, Colorado. The trip ended with her brutally beaten and raped. Mary survived, but her predator's violence had only just begun. After 10 years in prison, Tom Luther was released a far more vicious criminal. Soon, from the Rockies to West Virginia, like Ted Bundy, Luther enticed a chain of women into his murderous trap.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Steve Jackson does it again!
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Expertly analyzing a shocking, headline-making case, Rule unmasks the deadly motives inside a seemingly idyllic marriage: a beautiful young wife, a rising star in America's top-ranked computer corporation, and a prosperous husband, the scion of a family building business.
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5 out of 5 stars
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great stories
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A Rose for Her Grave - and Other True Cases
- Ann Rule's Crime Files, Book 1
- By: Ann Rule
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- Length: 16 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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"A Rose for Her Grave" - the principal story of this collection - vividly recreates the cautionary tale of Randy Roth, a misogynistic sociopath from the Pacific Northwest whose rage was directed primarily at women and children. Addicted to his own greed, Roth exercised a powerful aura of control over his victims, using his ability to charm and boyish good looks to lower their defenses. By the time they saw the reality of the madness in his eyes, it was usually too late.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Ann Rule at her usual best.
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The End of the Dream: The Golden Boy Who Never Grew Up and Other True Cases
- Ann Rule's Crime Files, Book 5
- By: Ann Rule
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- Unabridged
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 165
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Story4 out of 5 stars 161
They were best friends, four talented and charismatic young men who lived charmed lives among the evergreens of Washington state: Kevin, the artist; Steve, the sculptor; Scott, the nature lover and unabashed ladies' man; and Mark, the musician and poet. With their stunning good looks, whip-sharp minds, athletic bodies - and no lack of women who adored them - none of them seemed slated for disaster. But few knew the reality behind the leafy screen that surrounded Seven Cedars, Scott's woodland dream home....
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3 out of 5 stars
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BORING for Ann Rule
- By S. Johnson on 06-24-14
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Small Sacrifices
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- Abridged
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Ann Rule's shocking and powerful account of the destructive forces that drove Diane Downs, a beautiful young mother, to shoot her three young children in cold blood.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Abridged
- By Amazon Customer on 07-07-17
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In the Name of Love
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- By: Ann Rule
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 138
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 123
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 121
Jerry Harris was a self-made California millionaire who, at age forty-four, had it all: booming businesses, yachts, a mansion, a beautiful wife, and a voice to rival Elvis. No one who knew this well-liked, generous man could make sense of his sudden disappearance one autumn night. On a final phone call to his brother from his Mercedes, Jerry breathed a muffled oath - then the line went dead. For Jerry's wife, Susan, it was just the beginning of an unwavering, eight-year search for the truth behind her husband's vanishing.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not her best - but, nonetheless, she Rule's
- By Karen on 04-12-13
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Last Dance, Last Chance, and Other True Cases
- Ann Rule's Crime Files, Vol. 8
- By: Ann Rule
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 184
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 154
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Ann Rule presents her 8th collection of crime stories drawn from her private files - and featuring the riveting case of a fraudulent doctor whose lifelong deceptions had deadly consequences. Dr. Anthony Pignataro was a cosmetic surgeon and a famed medical researcher whose flashy red Lamborghini and flamboyant lifestyle in western New York State suggested a highly successful career. But no one was safe if they got in his way. With scalpel, drugs, and arsenic, he betrayed every oath a physician makes - until his own schemes backfired.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyed the stories
- By Grace on 05-13-14
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Lying in Wait
- Ann Rule's Crime Files, Book 17
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- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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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 away.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Rule Has Lost Her Edge
- By Nick on 12-29-14
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Mortal Danger
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- Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 166
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Only Ann Rule, who unknowingly worked alongside the smart and charming Ted Bundy - America's most notorious serial killer - could lend her razor-sharp insight into these cases of the spouse, lover, family member, or helpful stranger who is totally trusted but whose lethally violent nature, though masterfully disguised, can and will kill.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Ann Rule was the best. She is sadly missed!!
- By Karen Fry on 08-08-18
Publisher's Summary
After his first grisly crime, Harvey Louis Carignan beat a death sentence and continued to manipulate, rape, and bludgeon women to death - using want ads to lure his young female victims. And time after time, justice was thwarted by a killer whose twisted legal genius was matched only by his sick savagery. Here, complete with the testimony of women who suffered his unspeakable sexual abuses and barely escaped with their lives and of the police who at last put him behind bars, is one of the most shattering and thought-provoking true-crime stories of our time.
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- Murder Fancier
- 04-08-17
Paul Booooomer
Awful! Terrible! Keep shopping. The narrator is so bad. My navigation device has a better reading voice. What happen to Ann Rule's regular narrator, Laurel Merlington!?
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- Bernadette Reyes
- 10-07-16
not bad
the story was not bad but definitely go with a different narrator it was hard to get into the story when the guys talking like a computer
9 people found this helpful
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- Red
- 10-10-16
writing great
Excellent writing and detailed account, narrator rather annoying. ..exaggerated speech...as though he thought he were on stage auditioning. I really enjoy Ann Rule's work.
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- Boyce
- 09-09-16
Atrocious Narration
True crime, at least for me, is never a work of art, to say the least. To make this one worse, the narration is absolutely the WORST I have ever encountered. This guy does not perform a book. He reads it like a dramatic actor of two centuries ago. I would suggest that you not bother. I am returning it to Audible and do appreciate their policy on returns.
5 people found this helpful
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- Jennifer
- 10-01-16
Narrator is bad
The narrator makes this story very difficult to listen to.
I love Ann Rule's stories though.
4 people found this helpful
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- Rodell
- 07-24-20
ann rule delivers again
Ann rule delivers again! Love how she goes back several generations on each side of the involved families.
The reader was fantastic as well!
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- Patrick
- 03-16-20
had the speed set @ 1.15/20
story's great. narrators voice took a while to get past but i found that speeding up the playback helped smooth some of the clunky pronunciation. if there had been a different narrator my only complaint would have been that i wished it was a little longer than it is.
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- Mary Ellen Thomas
- 02-12-19
Perfect in every way
The narrator is perfect. The story is perfectly written. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this book.
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- Dog lady
- 05-08-17
excellent reading
An enjoyable Ann Rule classic read so well by the narrator. Keep my interest throughout.
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- nikki
- 03-17-17
awesome book
I love every Ann rule book I've ever read! I am trying to read them all!