The #1 New York Times bestselling author and true crime master Ann
Rule presents her fifteenth volume of the acclaimed Crime Files series
focusing on disturbing stories of people in danger, sometimes from
strangers and sometimes from the people they know and love.
Walking home on a dark night, you hear footsteps coming up behind you.
As they get closer, your heart pounds harder. Is it a dangerous stranger
or someone you know and trust? The answer is as simple as turning
around, but don't look behind you...run.
With her signature in-depth research and compelling writing, Ann Rule
chronicles fateful encounters with the secret predators hiding in plain
sight. First in line is a stunning case that spanned thirty years and
took one determined detective to four states--ending, finally, in
Alaska--where he unraveled not one but two murders. A second case
appears to begin and end with the hunt for the Green River Killer,
focusing on a Washington State man who was once cleared as a suspect in
that deadly chain of homicides. In another true story, a petite woman
went to a tavern, looking only for conversation and fun. Instead, she
met violent death in the form of a seven-foot tall man who had seemed
shy and harmless.
You'll feel a chill as you uncover these and numerous other cases of
unfortunate victims who made one tragic mistake: trusting the wrong
person--even someone they thought they knew.
