Helpful Score: 3
Ann Rule is the master of getting into the mind of the criminals she writes about and delving into every aspect of the history of the cases. This book has 12 case files included.
Donna (countrysun2sea) -
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This is an excellent book. Ann Rule is a wonderful writer. This particular book has 8 true crime stories with great detail. I really enjoyed reading this book.
Christa P. (romeo) reviewed Without Pity: Ann Rule's Most Dangerous Killers on + 334 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
In Tumbledown Shack, two lovely hitchhikers travel down the road to hell when they accept a ride from a demented killer. Could an upwardly mobile businessman's frightening Fatal Obsession lead him to kill his family-and stab himself to death? And for one beautiful young wife, The Killer Never Forgot...Or Forgave was her "adoring" husband!
From the brutal rapist who used a woman's child to get what he wanted to the rebellious teens who learned a terrible lesson, this collection of bone-chilling cases involving heartless monsters who wreaked bloody havoc is Ann Rule at her best.
From the brutal rapist who used a woman's child to get what he wanted to the rebellious teens who learned a terrible lesson, this collection of bone-chilling cases involving heartless monsters who wreaked bloody havoc is Ann Rule at her best.
Jamie R. (mysterymagic) reviewed Without Pity: Ann Rule's Most Dangerous Killers on + 16 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
True crime stories, with all the horrifying details.
Helpful Score: 1
Good thing about a book of true crime short stories: I could finish each one and stop, rather than being caught up in the middle of a long true crime book and staying up all night reading. Bad thing about a book of true crime short stories: By the end, they all blended together.
Angela C. (rolltide1al) -
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This is a very good book..to the point and leaves out nothing. It is not for the faint of stomach folks. Read at your own risk!
Carol G. (cmcav04) reviewed Without Pity: Ann Rule's Most Dangerous Killers on + 25 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
This is my first Ann Rule read. She grasps you with the Intro alone and keeps you reading until the very end. Really appreciated the Updates at the end of each tragic story. A must-read!
Nancy A. (Chocoholic) reviewed Without Pity: Ann Rule's Most Dangerous Killers on + 291 more book reviews
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12 intriguing cases of murder by some of the most heinous criminals Ann Rule has ever profiled. An enjoyable read for those of us who read true crime.
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Killers~I often wonder how Ann Rule can sleep at night, after studying
these true crime stories. Very interesting book.
these true crime stories. Very interesting book.
Helpful Score: 1
Great read, sad stories.
Margaret (Yellowdogs1) - reviewed Without Pity: Ann Rule's Most Dangerous Killers on + 19 more book reviews
This is a great book if you have never read TRUE CRIME novels before. It covers 12 cases some new and some she has written about before. Ann Rule is a master and spend so much time researching and getting to know everyone involved in these true cases. The victims families, the law enforcement detectives, the jurors and most importantly the criminals themselves. Well written and easy to pick up and be able to put down after one or two cases.
Contains photographs and is a really good read.
Tabatha G. (TabbieG) reviewed Without Pity: Ann Rule's Most Dangerous Killers on + 377 more book reviews
I am not much of a true crime reader, but this book was really good. It is amazing that people really do commit these crimes.
Donna C. (g-ma) reviewed Without Pity: Ann Rule's Most Dangerous Killers on + 3149 more book reviews
I don't like the way Rule writes, she puts in so much descriptions that it just takes up pages, instead just stick with the story to make it more interesting instead of trying to wade through pages and pages of describing everything.
Good, quick and engrossing true crime short stories.
Patricia C. (pat) reviewed Without Pity: Ann Rule's Most Dangerous Killers on + 37 more book reviews
Ann Rule is a great story teller, loved this book.
Rhonda P. (Rhonda67) reviewed Without Pity: Ann Rule's Most Dangerous Killers on + 130 more book reviews
Eight stunning case files, Ann Rule deepens her unrelenting exploration of evil that lies behind the perfect facades of heartless killers.
Complete with photos intact, two thumbs up!!
Complete with photos intact, two thumbs up!!
The book is a collection of her past books with 1 or 2 new stories.. Great book
Anthology of true crime cases.
tive about the killers and their crimes. a page turner thriller and hard to put down. you really want to know what happens next.
8 stunning case files of updated true crime accounts. Explosive and absorbing drama.
Sandra H. (Sanandee) reviewed Without Pity: Ann Rule's Most Dangerous Killers on + 715 more book reviews
#1 NY Times Bestselling Author Ann Rule's most dangerous killers, true cases from A.R.'s crime files : Vols 1-8, photo section included
This is the 2003 collection of true crimes cases that Ann Rule puts together so ably.
Ann Rule is one of my favorite true crime novelists...
12 true crime cases from Ann Rules files. Hardback
In eight stunning Case Files volumes, from A Rose for Her Grave to the #1 blockbuster Last Dance, Last Chance, Ann Rule reigns as "America's best true-crime writer" (Kirkus Reviews). Now, she updates the most astonishing cases from that acclaimed series -- and presents shocking, all-new true-crime accounts -- in one riveting anthology. In every explosive chapter of Without Pity, Ann Rule deepens her unrelenting exploration of the evil that lies behind the perfect facades of heartless killers...and the deadly compulsions of greed and power that shatter their outward trappings of material success.
They are the admired, trusted neighbor; the affable family man; the sexy, charismatic lover; the high-achieving professional. Perhaps most frightening of all is that they are heroes in their own minds. But when someone gets in the way of their deluded dreams, they are capable of deadly acts of violence with no remorse. Analyzing the true nature of the sociopathic mind in chilling detail, Ann Rule traces the murderous crimes of seemingly ordinary men -- killers who drew their unsuspecting victims into their twisted worlds with devastating consequences.
In eight stunning Case Files volumes, from A Rose for Her Grave to the #1 blockbuster Last Dance, Last Chance, Ann Rule reigns as "America's best true-crime writer" (Kirkus Reviews). Now, she updates the most astonishing cases from that acclaimed series -- and presents shocking, all-new true-crime accounts -- in one riveting anthology. In every explosive chapter of Without Pity, Ann Rule deepens her unrelenting exploration of the evil that lies behind the perfect facades of heartless killers...and the deadly compulsions of greed and power that shatter their outward trappings of material success.
They are the admired, trusted neighbor; the affable family man; the sexy, charismatic lover; the high-achieving professional. Perhaps most frightening of all is that they are heroes in their own minds. But when someone gets in the way of their deluded dreams, they are capable of deadly acts of violence with no remorse. Analyzing the true nature of the sociopathic mind in chilling detail, Ann Rule traces the murderous crimes of seemingly ordinary men -- killers who drew their unsuspecting victims into their twisted worlds with devastating consequences.
Dena (Suzie) C. (DsuzieC) reviewed Without Pity: Ann Rule's Most Dangerous Killers on + 159 more book reviews
True cases from files 1-8 plus 3 new cases. Ann Rule is the best true crime writer in my opinion, her first priority is the victims.
Eight case files detailed as only Ann Rule can do.
8 updated cases, but I've read them before and the updates were rather short. I'd also read the 3 new cases in another bool/
Dyane M. (dyanemcs) reviewed Without Pity: Ann Rule's Most Dangerous Killers on + 22 more book reviews
From the back:
They are the admired, trusted neigher; the affable family man; the sexy, charismatic lover; the high-achieving professional. Perhaps most frightening of all is that they are heroes in their own minds. But when someone gets in the way of their deluded dreams, they are capable of deadly acts of violence with no remorse. Analyzing the true nature of the sociopathic mind in chilling detail, Ann Rule traces the murderous crimes of seemingly ordinary men - killers who drew their unsuspecting victims into their twisted worlds with devastating consequences.
They are the admired, trusted neigher; the affable family man; the sexy, charismatic lover; the high-achieving professional. Perhaps most frightening of all is that they are heroes in their own minds. But when someone gets in the way of their deluded dreams, they are capable of deadly acts of violence with no remorse. Analyzing the true nature of the sociopathic mind in chilling detail, Ann Rule traces the murderous crimes of seemingly ordinary men - killers who drew their unsuspecting victims into their twisted worlds with devastating consequences.
Disappointing, better off buying each individual book Vol 1-8 for the full story unless you just want a brief overview of crimes.
This is Anne Rule's most terrifying true-crime tales plus three all new shockers there is Tumbledown Shack about 2 hitchickers who accept a ride with a killer They kill without conscience and Anne rule protrays their Shattering Crimes without pity
The stories in this book are interesting, and i like them for the one reason that they are short stories.
Kathryn (Kmarie) -
Another powerful one by Ann Rule. True Crime.
Twelve of her true crime talse. A very interesting book.
Ann Rule's Crime Files, Volumes 1-8
GREAT BOOK!!
As always the amazing Ann rule!
