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.
* Includes 8 pages of photographs * From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Small Sacrifices, Lust Killer, The Stranger Beside Me, and The I-5 Killer
* "Rule has an instinct for suspense."--Washington Post Book World
* "Rule springs surprises and revelations with a novelist's skill."--Seattle Times
I wish she would have written this one later in her career as the book would have been even more detailed. Nonetheless, it is a story that can make the hair on your neck prickle from the absolute evil in some people.
Codi H. (CodiAvonSales) from PORT TOWNSEND, WA wrote on 2/28/2007...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
I love true stories this one did not disappoint me .....a true crime story based in Anchorage Alaska..a crime that began in Washington state that began in the summer of 1957....about one of the most savage sex killers of our time...
Katie B. (katiem63116) from SAINT LOUIS, MO wrote on 10/8/2006...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Creepy, creepy, creepy.
Alicia W. from CHARLOTTE, NC wrote on 5/24/2006...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
This book scared the pants off of me
Gaylene G. (gigi) from LONGVIEW, TX wrote on 12/29/2005...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Only 229 pages long, but this true story of a brutal man who rapes and bludgeons women to death, along with 8 pages of photos, makes for a good read if you like Ann Rule.
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Jennifer B. from MCMINNVILLE, OR wrote on 6/20/2008...
Very good book! Got kinda creeped out and had to read during daylight hours!
Jennifer H. (ca1ypso) from XENIA, OH wrote on 12/3/2007...
Typical, intriguing Rule book. I was hooked.
Sarah T. (sarah5775) from PARSIPPANY, NJ wrote on 4/22/2007...
Chilling.
Rebecca C. (angelize99) from WATERLOO, NY wrote on 10/2/2006...
Great book.. couldnt put it down.
Mary R. from TAMPA, FL wrote on 9/21/2006...
I loved the book.. very well written
BRITTNEY E. (BrittE) from N KINGSVILLE, OH wrote on 8/31/2006...
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.
Christine S. (JrZyChris) from PEQUANNOCK, NJ wrote on 8/24/2006...
From the back cover:
A shocking true-crime story of a man who was sentenced to die - yet lived to rape and kill again...and again...and again...
Joyce V. (postcardlover) from MOUNT VERNON, IN wrote on 6/26/2006...
A book about a man who contacted possible victims through a want ad for help at his gas station. This enabled him to lure victims to him.
As always, Ann Rule has done a great job in making the true story very interesting.
Alice K. (kosana) from TACOMA, WA wrote on 6/14/2006...
Great read if you love true crime.
Sandra H. (Sanandee) from CHAMPAIGN, IL wrote on 6/1/2006...
An earlier work of Rules, written as Andy Stack. 8pp's photos, #1 NY Times bestselling author...story of a man sentenced to die---yet lived to rape & kill again, and again, and again & ???...Harvey Louis Carignan....PB, 286 pp's