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

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

Ann Rule presents another collection of fascinating and disturbing true-crime stories—drawn from her real-life personal files—in this seventeenth volume in the #1 <I>New York Times </I>bestselling Crime Files series.<BR><BR>MOVING IN FOR THE KILL<BR> In this all-new collection of investigative accounts from her private archives, “America’s best true-crime writer” (<I>Kirkus Reviews)</I> 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:<BR> <BR> • New mothers murdered, their infants kidnapped, in an atrocious baby-selling scheme<BR> <BR> • 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<BR> <BR> • 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<BR> <BR> • 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?<BR> <BR> • 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<BR> <BR> • 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. . . .<BR> <BR> With her ability to translate the most complex cases into storytelling “as dramatic and chilling as a bedroom window shattering at night” (<I>The New York Times</I>), Rule expertly analyzes the thoughts and deeds of the<BR> sociopath, in this seventeenth essential Crime Files volume.