Ann Rule

Mortal Danger (2000)

first time i've dabbled in true crime, i liked it. no reason for me to be surprised i always watch the true crime shows "the first 48", "forensic files" and my favorite "las vegas jailhouse". two things i didn't like was lack of follow up on pertinent data or just telling me that some obvious sou...

Mortal Danger by Ann Rule (2008)

I read a lot of Ann Rule but this one was especially exciting because it was close to home. Literally. I have been inside the home that the incident involving Kate Jewel took place. I live in the same town......And my mother was the one that took Kate's 911 call. I was just a child at the time an...

Mortal Danger and Other True Cases (2008)

I like Ann Rule, I have a hard time writing reviews for True Crime, there is not much you can say about the story line, they are reporting what actually happened.That being said, the author does have to pick a case that will be interesting and then has to write it in a way that holds your attenti...

But I Trusted You and Other True Cases (2009)

Ann Rule is the best true crime writer there is. In this book, she reviews 7 unsolved cases, each one more mysterious than the last. Her special gift is relating all the known facts of the case without bias, as if she were simply telling the story. The reader is allowed to feel compassion for ...

But I Trusted You: Ann Rule's Crime Files #14 (2000)

I love true crime stories, and I have found that Ann Rule's writing is certainly my style. She gives all the facts as well as some theories where necessary, but doesn't reach too far. I hate that whenever you hear a crime story on the news, you only hear one part of it. Crimes take time to solve ...

Ann Rule's Crime Files: Ann Rule's Crime Files #14 (2009)

I gave this book 5 stars! The reason is beside Ann Rule knows what she writes about . The stories are all about true crime and though the subject isn't pleasant it is good to know that you cannot be too careful in life . I really dislike the fact that some of the cases Ann Rule writes about are s...

Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors: Ann Rule's Crime Files Volume 16 (2012)

The main case is the Powell family from Utah which I remember reading about in the press. It is a sad story, but it is well-laided out and researched. Other cases include two unsolved suspicious deaths in California, a serial arsonist working out of a hotel, a man with a preference for blondes, a...

Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors and Other True Cases (2012)

If any of you have read any of Ann Rule's true crime files,you'll know about what you get with these. She's a good writer,but these books have several stories all in one book . The main ones she takes the longest discussing are the Susan Powell case ,then the one about the little boy who fell ? o...

Don't Look Behind You and Other True Cases (2011)

ABSOLUTELY LOVE ANN RULE BOOKS!!!! She is definitely, hands down the BEST CHOICE EVER to read when it comes to True Crime novels....who else would KNOW BEST first hand but an officer of the law how CRAZY people can be!!!! She has got to have a spine of steel to have dealt with all the crazies & t...

Lying in Wait: Ann Rule's Crime Files: Vol.17 (2014)

2.5 stars, rounded upI've been disappointed with Ann Rule's past several books. It feels like she's just fulfilling her contract, with little of the passion she had in her books from the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s. The notable exception was the "Amorous Pizza Man" story. I found it engaging and...

And Never Let Her Go: Thomas Capano: The Deadly Seducer (2000)

The strap line on the English edition of this book carries the words 'The World's No. 1 True Crime Writer' and a read of this mammoth volume shows the reason why Ann Rule has that billing.As an investigative piece of true crime writing it is exhaustive and covers every aspect of a horrifying and ...

The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy The Shocking Inside Story (2001)

"Oh, I was just in the right place at the right time..."...NOT something that many of the women in Ted Bundy's life would come to say about meeting America's Grade-A machismo pin-up boy. In fact, as far as I can tell, Ann Rule was the only person to actually benefit from knowing him. And boy, d...

The Riverman: Ted Bundy and I Hunt for the Green River Killer (2004)

I was between a host of other books when I got my hands upon a stack of some twenty true crime books. The Riverman jumped out of the lot at me. The subtitle killed any doubts left "Ted Bundy and I hunt for the Green River Killer". This sounded like one of those Japanese monster vs monster premise...

In the Name of Love and Other True Cases (1998)

Another well-detailed true crime book from Ann Rule. There is one main story, followed by several short tales. The main story is from over 25 years ago: the murder for hire of a man named Jerry Harris who was a force in the business world in California in the 1970’s and 1980’s until his murder ...

Without Pity: Ann Rule's Most Dangerous Killers (2003)

Journalist and novelist Ann Rule has compiled in one book a few of the more interesting cases she's reported on in her years as a crime reporter. Most of these cases took place in the states of Washington and Oregon in the 1960's and 70's. She also mentions that she had occasion to work with and...

Too Late to Say Goodbye: A True Story of Murder and Betrayal (2007)

Ann Rule is a terrific crime author. She lays out the whole story and rarely allows her own opinions regarding the case to filter into the pages of the book. She simply lays out the facts and allows the reader to come to their own conclusions.Bart Corbin had a huge problem with rejection. Of the ...

If You Really Loved Me (1992)

This is a first-rate offering from Ann Rule's "golden era" of the 1980s, in which she was a) tremendously prolific; b) tremendously comprehensive; and c) showed tremendously discerning taste in subject matter. The story: Talented but erratic ne'er-do-well David Brown lives in Southern California ...

Worth More Dead and Other True Cases (2005)

You know, I feel really guilty about saying this but I don't feel bad for the victim in the first case of this book. Not the man, but the woman. I think I could've possibly tried to understand or relate to the victim if it hadn't involved her eldest daughter in that way.Here you have a man who is...

Everything She Ever Wanted (1993)

This is my third full length Ann Rule book and once again it involves parents manipulating, abusing and even killing, or attempting to kill their children. The story revolves around Pat Radcliffe Taylor Allanson and her many crimes. Raised as a spoiled rotten child who never heard the word no, ...

Lust Killer (1983)

Small Sacrifices: A True Story of Passion and Murder (1988)

9/6 - A true crime story of a mother who attempted to get rid of her kids because she believed that the man she was obsessed with would want her more if the kids were gone. I think this story would have been more horrific, would have had more of an impact on a reader when this was first publishe...

A Fever in the Heart and Other True Cases (1996)

Ann Rule's books are always good and this was no exception. This is a series of stories loosely grouped around themes. The first story about Morris Blankenbaker is the saddest. A fine young man was killed and so many lives torn apart because of the basest kind of betrayal. All the people invo...

A Rage to Kill and Other True Cases (1999)

Ann Rule is at the top of her game in telling the true stories of these particular, mostly female, victims who either through no fault of their own or because of blameless naïveté ended up murdered. Unlike most of the victims in Rule's other books, the murdered had no reason to suspect they would...

Empty Promises and Other True Cases (2001)

Pretty good. I've read enough of her books to recognize a specific pattern. The people who've committed the heinous crimes depicted are, well, heinous. But Ann tends to depict the victims as being almost 'too' good. She also gives prodigious praise and goes into a lot of detail about investigator...

Possession (1997)

This book of Ann Rule is better categorized as a fiction book than a true crime book. However, the idea for this book came from a story that díd happen once for real. Ann Rule later wrote about this true story as part of her True Crime files series, but she always continued protecting the identit...

The End of the Dream: The Golden Boy Who Never Grew Up (1998)

The end of the dream is a title which in this case applies to the criminal, not the victims.Rule fills in the blanks that we read in newspapers or web sites about these stories. In doing so, she humanizes the criminals to the point that I think some readers may misplace their sympathies and feel ...

No Regrets and Other True Cases (2006)

After reading Small Sacrifices by Ann Rule last year I started to buy her books eager to read more. Many people have said that her longer books are better the crime files are missing something, while others that the crime files series are the best and the full books drag. So I decided to see fo...