Lying in Wait - Ann Rule

Lying in Wait

By Ann Rule

  • Release Date: 2014-11-25
  • Genre: True Crime
4 Score: 4 (From 107 Ratings)

Book Synopsis

Ann Rule presents a collection of fascinating and disturbing true-crime stories—drawn from her real-life personal files—in this seventeenth volume in the #1 New York Times bestselling Crime Files series.

In this gripping collection of investigative accounts from her private archives, “America’s best true-crime writer” (Kirkus Reviews) 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:

- New mothers murdered, their infants kidnapped, in an atrocious baby-selling scheme
- 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
- 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
- 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?
- 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
- 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...

With her ability to translate the most complex cases into storytelling “as dramatic and chilling as a bedroom window shattering at night” (The New York Times), Rule expertly analyzes the thoughts and deeds of the sociopath, in this seventeenth essential Crime Files volume.

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Latest Impressions

  • AR does it again!

    4
    By ReleaseNYC
    another page-turner from my favorite true crime author
  • Amazing writer

    4
    By Jobgood
    Anne Rule never fails to show true human compassion and empathy. I have read every one of her books, and I appreciate how she shows true class in looking out for the victims of the families. At the same time, telling it like it is. Thank you Anne for being one of the best writers out there and from my hometown. You do everyone a little justice.
  • Good.

    4
    By tutankuamen
    I always enjoy Ann Rule's books. She's a good writer, she doesn't go too deeply into gory details, and she tries to keep her opinions to herself. "Lying in Wait" is Ann Rule all the way.