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Ann Rule (1935–2015)

Auteur van Mijn vriend de seriemoordenaar

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Over de Auteur

Ann Rule was born on October 22, 1931 in Lowell, Michigan. She received a bachelor's degree from the University of Washington in creative writing, with minors in psychology, criminology and penology. She began writing for magazines including True Detective, Master Detective, Inside Detective, Front toon meer Page Detective, and Office Detective in 1969. During her lifetime, she wrote more than 30 books including The Stranger Beside Me; Green River, Running Red; Practice to Deceive; Ann Rule's Crime Files series, and Lying in Wait. She died on July 26, 2015 at the age of 83. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
Ontwarringsbericht:

(eng) Ann Rule has also written books under the pen name Andy Stack.

Fotografie: http://www.annrules.com/

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Werken van Ann Rule

Mijn vriend de seriemoordenaar (1980) 2,862 exemplaren
Green River, Running Red (2004) 1,232 exemplaren
Small Sacrifices (1987) 1,130 exemplaren
Bitter Harvest (1999) 778 exemplaren
Dead by Sunset (1995) 735 exemplaren
If You Really Loved Me (1991) 694 exemplaren
Everything She Ever Wanted (1992) 640 exemplaren
The I-5 Killer (1984) 526 exemplaren
Last Dance, Last Chance (2002) 475 exemplaren
Empty Promises (2001) 451 exemplaren
Lust Killer (1983) 396 exemplaren
Smoke, Mirrors, and Murder (2007) 387 exemplaren
The Want-Ad Killer (1983) — Auteur — 361 exemplaren
No Regrets (2006) 336 exemplaren
Mortal Danger (2008) 306 exemplaren
Practice to Deceive (2013) 305 exemplaren
But I Trusted You (2009) 283 exemplaren
Possession (1983) 256 exemplaren
Lying in Wait (2014) 181 exemplaren
Danger in the Dorm [Kindle] (2018) 19 exemplaren
Beautiful America's Seattle (1700) 12 exemplaren
Mind Games (1984) 7 exemplaren
The Stranger Beside Me: The Ted Bundy Story [2003 TV movie] (2003) — Original book — 3 exemplaren
Jerry Harris Case (1999) 3 exemplaren
Cruel Sacrifice 2 exemplaren
Too Late to Say Goodbye [2009 TV movie] — Auteur — 2 exemplaren
Pequeños sacrificios (1996) 2 exemplaren
Everything She Ever Wanted [2009 Television Mini Series] — Based on the book by — 1 exemplaar
Withoiut Pity 1 exemplaar
Blick in den Abgrund (1998) 1 exemplaar
Beauty of Seattle (1993) 1 exemplaar

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Gangbare naam
Rule, Ann
Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
Stack, Andy (pseudonym)
Rule, Ann Stackhouse
Stackhouse, Ann Rae (birth name)
Geboortedatum
1935-10-22
Overlijdensdatum
2015-07-26
Geslacht
female
Nationaliteit
USA
Geboorteplaats
Lowell, Michigan, USA
Plaats van overlijden
Burien, Washington, USA
Oorzaak van overlijden
multiple health issues, including congestive heart failure
Woonplaatsen
Renton, Washington, USA
Opleiding
University of Washington (BA|Creative Writing|1953))
Beroepen
police officer
writer
Relaties
Rule, Leslie (daughter)
Organisaties
True Detective
Agent
Joan Foley
Joe Foley
Ontwarringsbericht
Ann Rule has also written books under the pen name Andy Stack.

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Adult fiction novel in Name that Book (november 2015)

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I remember a time when I would tear through an Ann Rule like nobody's business. I don't know what has happened to her writing. This book felt like a chore to me and I was glad to see it end. Also, I don't care for her needlessly inserting herself into a story. In one of the stories, she mentions REPEATEDLY that her children attended school with the missing woman's children. This is NOT relevant, IMO, especially since she didn't know the missing woman, the children weren't friends, and she didn't even know anything about the missing woman's case until years later. I guess I just became less of a fan after reading The Stranger Beside Me and saw how hard she tried to make a story where there really wasn't one. I want to like her books, I do. But, she needs to write the stories and not insert herself into them.… (meer)
 
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thatnerd | 9 andere besprekingen | Mar 2, 2024 |
I pretty much said all I needed to say about this book through the status updates I gave while reading it. It feels like it took forever to finish reading this book. While there were a few interesting parts, for the most part, the book just seemed to drag by. It got tiresome reading about her conflict over Bundy's guilt and the bits and pieces of her personal life. She came across as being too sympathetic toward Bundy and did not give nearly enough information about the victims. It ticked me off at one point in the book when she went to Florida and said that "Ted could never go home again." Well, neither could his victims - what about them? I love reading Ann Rule's books, but this one was a disappointment, because she just came across as a "Ted groupie" to me, except toward the very end when she finally stated her opinion on his guilt.… (meer)
 
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thatnerd | 70 andere besprekingen | Mar 2, 2024 |
This was definitely not one of Ann Rule's better books, but I still did like a few of the stories.
 
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thatnerd | 8 andere besprekingen | Mar 2, 2024 |
"If anything ever happens to me, find Ann Rule and have her tell my story." This is what Sheila (Blackthorne) Bellush told her sister, Kerri one day. Sheila was so terrified of her ex-husband, Allen, that she and her family fled to Florida. Sadly, he found her and thus we have this book.

Sheila and Allen Blackthorne married young and had 2 daughters. Their marriage was very tumultuous and Allen was very domineering and controlling. They eventually got divorced but he fought her tooth and nail over custody for the girls. He even made her move into a house down the street from him. She finally met Jamie Bellush and they got married and they ended up having quadruplets through IVF. She thought all her troubles with Allen were behind her - he was remarried as well; however, he had neighbors spying on Sheila and Jamie and reporting back to him. Eventually, Sheila and her family fled to Florida but Allen still found her and had orchestrated plans (from Texas) for her to be murdered.

The book goes through the history of both parents of Allen and Sheila as well as their grandparents. I felt that this was a bit too much but if it was to show how their upbringing led them to the way they were, I get it. There is a list in the beginning of the book of all the "players" - from the grandparents to Allen and Sheila to friends and eventually to the law enforcement folks investigating the murder.

it also delves into the trial of Allen Blackthorne and the verdict, which occurred in 1999.

All in all, it was a well-written story but could have done without the deep dive into the familial lineage.
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Werken
64
Ook door
6
Leden
19,726
Populariteit
#1,103
Waardering
½ 3.7
Besprekingen
333
ISBNs
579
Talen
13
Favoriet
72

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