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04 March 2009
more solid true crime
1 of 1 found this helpful Ann Rule rarely, if ever disappoints. This collection includes one long case and a handful of shorter ones. One minor quibble, she includes a teaser at one point indicating that one of the cases had a serious impact on the campaign of a major Presidential contender in the 2008 race. I follow politics very closely, especially the historic 2008 election, both during the primary and general campaigns of both parties and I was wracking my brain trying to figure out who she was was referring to. I won't name the candidate, so as not to be a spoiler, but suffice to say, I did not hear anything about this crime that connected it to the candidate on a national scale, so I think she may have overstated that bit of trivia. The link was tenuous at best. It was certainly no Michael Dukakis/Willie Horton moment, that's for sure!
But that's a minor point. Overall, Ann Rule does her usual superlative job of unobtrusively detailing the events that lead up to the crimes, the denouement and the aftermath. This isn't as easy as she makes it look. I recently read a book about a horrific crime, written by the father of the man who was killed. The man is not a writer and it shows. There is a reason why Rule Rules!
Also, the seller was prompt in delivering the book and the price was excellent, more reason to buy mass market paperbacks used.