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A Rose For Her Grave (Crime Files, Vol. 1)
Author: Ann Rule

Book Information

Publisher: Pocket
Book Type: Paperback

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ISBN-13: 9780671793531 - ISBN-10: 0671793535
Publication Date: 8/1/1993
Pages: 528

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Book Description:

Now, in A Rose For Her Grave, Ann Rule turns her unflinching professional eye on one of the most infamous cases in the Pacific Northwest - that of Randy Roth, a man who married for profit, and the women who were his victims, and other compelling true crime accounts from her personal case files. In the trademark style that makes her books such extraordinary page-turners, she delves into the personalities and backgrounds of the criminals, their families, and the circumstances that brought about the crimes. Packed with shocking details, vivid characters and twisted secrets, this is a unique collection of true crime stories from Ann Rule, hailed by John Saul as "the undisputed master crime writer of the eighties and nineties."

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TagsTrue Crime, Ann Rule

Genres:

Nonfiction >> Crime & Criminals

Top Member Book Reviews

Rachel H. (scrapbooker) wrote on 3/31/2007...

3 member(s) found this review helpful.

The centerpiece of this chilling collection is the history of Randy Roth, a "modern-day Bluebeard" who specialized in marrying women and then killing them for insurance and Social Security benefits. Rule ( Everything She Ever Wanted ) traces Roth's crimes thoroughly and does an equally complete job of providing information on the investigative side of the story, such as the difficulties of being a female prosecutor. The remaining shorter cases come from Rule's "archives": a rapist returns after eight years in prison to kill the woman who put him there along with her daughter and a neighbor; a jilted husband hires a female "hit person" to kill his estranged wife; a 13-year-old girl disappears after tending to the mobile home of a friend on vacation; a sadistic killer murders a woman, chops her up and disposes of her dismembered body in a slough; and a young, single woman is strangled by a neighbor pretending to be her protector.

Sarah W. (Sarah13Rose) wrote on 8/12/2008...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

Bringing together some of the most infamous cases of the Pacific northwest, a collection of true crime accounts includes that of Randy Roth, a man who married and murdered rich women.

Amelia S. wrote on 10/16/2005...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

This 513-page book took me some time to finish. I found the first story, which was 341 pages long, compelling reading; perhaps it should have been published as a stand-alone, because the following five short cases were so short and bland they felt like filler. Ann Rule's Crime Files, #1.

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