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Lust Killer
by
Ann Rule
When young women begin mysteriously disappearing in Oregon, Police Lieutenant James Stovall leads a relentless search for a killer. With little evidence available, and the public screaming for answers, he must find a remorseless, brutal killer whose identity will shock them all....
Paperback, Updated, 240 pages
Published
June 7th 1983
by Signet
(first published 1981)
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Due to lack of reading material, I was forced to read Lust Killer. I wasn't too thrilled about this. I had never heard of Ann Rule, and I underestimated her because, honestly, the book just looked mediocre (I guess that goes with the saying "Don't judge a book by its cover"). I'm sorry for this, Ann. This book exceeded my expectations dramatically! This book had me hooked from almost the beginning. This was a very gruesome book, and I almost feel guilty for admitting my liking for it. It's inter...more
At first I was going to give his book maybe two stars... -maybe-, but then I got a little bit more into it and decided it wasn't so bad. It's not your average novel, and it reads more like a timeline and police report at times... but it's vivid, and shows the great inner workings of a killer's mind. I would recommend this book for anyone interested in criminal psychology... but be warned that some of the scenes can get graphic, especially when the killer is telling the police what he did to the...more
There is nothing like a book by Ann Rule to satisfy my craving for depraved serial killer true crime. Books about it, that is, not the real thing. "Lust Killer" traces the development of Jerry Brudos from 5-year-old shoe fetishist to 30-year-old abductor, torturer, and murderer of young women--under the noses of his wife and family. Former police officer Ann Rule focuses on the procedure and detection, rather than the lurid (although there is plenty of that, also).
Straightforward biographical sketch of Jerome Henry Brudos. Active in the late 1960's in the Portland/Corvallis/Salem areas of Oregon. Married with two children. Electrician. Shoe fetish. Stocky and incredibly strong. Strangled, raped, and mutilated victims. Weighed bodies with engine parts, and dumped in river. Pleaded guilty. Multiple life sentences. Became a computer expert in prison. Died of liver cancer 2006.
This book is creepy. I learned that if I am ever attacked by a psycho I should fight and try to get away. The girls that fought in this book survived. The girls that tried to reason with him or did what he said because they though he would let them go later were murdered. Jerry Brudos was one sick lunatic. Thank God he died in prison where he belonged.
I very seldom read true crime accounts. I generally find them horribly banal, and I get irritated at the blurbage where every serial killer victim is "beautiful" or "all American." I read this one to get anecdotes for my psychology classes and for my own writing. I thought it was well told although I didn't find the case itself terribly compelling.
Ann Rule delivers another chilling, true-crime story with Lust Killer. Often reality can be more fearful than fiction.
Jerry Brudos was indeed a very sick individual with a hatred of women that started in early childhood. Some of the twisted things he did to his victims was nothing short of shocking. He felt no remorse for the young women he violated and killed.
There is also a lesson to be learned by reading this shocking story: be aware of your surroundings, and those around you; fight, scream,...more
Jerry Brudos was indeed a very sick individual with a hatred of women that started in early childhood. Some of the twisted things he did to his victims was nothing short of shocking. He felt no remorse for the young women he violated and killed.
There is also a lesson to be learned by reading this shocking story: be aware of your surroundings, and those around you; fight, scream,...more
Great crime novel about one of America's lesser known serial killers. You actually get to see a more human side of this killer, which is both disturbing and sad. It's interesting to read about how his killing fetish comes about, and makes it hard to believe how such a "gentle giant" could turn to all of this.
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To his neighbors, Jerry Brudo was a gentle man whose mild manner contrasted with his awesome physical strength. To his employers, Jerry was a fine worker. To his wife, he was a good husband. And to the Oregon police, Jerry Brudo was the most hideously twisted killer they had ever unmasked.
This book has a lot of truly bizarre behavior. Things that you wouldn't dream of, Jerry Brudos brought into reality. As one of my friends said, "this book is the most bizarre serial killer book I've ever read".
This is the story of Jerry Brudos, one of the first known serial killers. It is typical Ann Rule -- worth reading if you are drawn to true-crime stories.
Every once in awhile I read an Ann Rule novel. She takes real life murders, etc. and they read like a novel. This murderer was very creepy!
True crime always has a bit of unsavory reading, but the catching and solving of crime is interesting.
This book has been my least favorite by Ann Rule. I just didn't like it at all I skipped pages and read the last page! It
This guys is the awfulest of all Ann Rule's books.
An interesting story a not so normal serial killer.
Concise and effective. This is a page-turner.
I love to kick back with Ann Rule....
This book really creeped me out.
Ann Rule's writing has really matured from her older books like this one. For one, she no longer writes what the murder victim was thinking and feeling before and during the murder, something that drives me nuts in true crime.
fast read. great true crime.
Good true crime story.
Too short!!
This guy is sick...glad he is off the streets.
Another one that creeped me out, as it happened in my neck of the woods. This guy just is so loathsome it's hard to read.
Scary, scary stuff. One of Ann Rule's earlier titles, when she was writing as Andy Stack. Very interesting to see how her writing style has evolved. This was a really interesting story of a serial killer I knew nothing about. Not as compellingly written as Rule's more recent work, but she's still the best there is, as far as I'm concerned.
this book was good for a true crime book
i was impressed with the story and it was well written
I'll admit it once again: I LOVE TRUE CRIME!!!
This book was super creepy, no surprise. It also took about 40 minutes to read. Awesome.
This book was super creepy, no surprise. It also took about 40 minutes to read. Awesome.
Ann Rule is the best True Crime writer. If you enjoy this genre...you will enjoy all her books.
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Ann Rule is a popular American true crime writer. She came to prominence with her first book, The Stranger Beside Me, about the Ted Bundy murders.
At the time she started researching the book, the murders were still unsolved. In the course of time, it became clear that the killer was Bundy, her friend and her colleague as a trained volunteer on the suicide hotline at the Seattle, Washington Crisis...more
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At the time she started researching the book, the murders were still unsolved. In the course of time, it became clear that the killer was Bundy, her friend and her colleague as a trained volunteer on the suicide hotline at the Seattle, Washington Crisis...more
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