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A Rose For Her Grave (Crime Files, Vol. 1)
A Rose For Her Grave - Crime Files, Vol. 1
Author: Ann Rule
Ann Rule's Crime Files books have delivered the very best in true crime reading since A Rose for Her Grave, first in the acclaimed series, made its debut. Distinguished by the former Seattle policewoman's razor-sharp eye for telling detail and her penetrating analysis of the criminal mind, this gripping collection of accounts drawn from her pers...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780671537982
ISBN-10: 0671537989
Publication Date: 1996
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3.2 stars, based on 3 ratings
Publisher: Pocket
Book Type: Paperback
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reviewed A Rose For Her Grave (Crime Files, Vol. 1) on + 147 more book reviews
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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.
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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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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.
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reviewed A Rose For Her Grave (Crime Files, Vol. 1) on + 7 more book reviews
This was my first Ann Rule book and I wasn't sure I was going to like "true stories" but they are absolutely fascinating. They hold your attention to the very end.
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Loved it! If you love Ann Rule's books like I do, this is a must read.
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Ann Rule at her best


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