Everything She Ever Wanted: A True Story of Obsessive Love, Murder, and Betrayal

by Ann Rule

1993 Edition. Strong spine with light creasing. Bright clean cover has light shelf and edge wear. Text is perfect. Same day shipping.

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About the author

Ann Rule was a popular American true crime writer. Raised in a law enforcement and criminal justice system environment, she grew up wanting to work in law enforcement herself. She was a former Seattle Policewoman and was well educated in psychology and criminology.

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 Clinic, giving her a unique distinction among true crime writers.

Rule won two Anthony Awards from Bouchercon, the mystery fans' organization. She was nominated three times for the Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America. She is highly regarded for creating the true crime genre as it exists today.

Ann Rule also wrote under the name Andy Stack . Her daughter is Goodreads author Leslie Rule.

Reviews

[Sarah Ehrlich · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another great Ann Rule book! I was not familiar with this case and enjoyed getting the full coverage!

[Audrey Dean · Rating 4 out of 5]

Definitely a case of “truth is stranger than fiction.”

[Rachel Gibbons · Rating 3 out of 5]

Anne Rule always does a good job of writing about true crime I love all of her stories. The ending to this one wasn’t what I was expecting….very sad how people throw away their lives for greed. Wasn’t the best story but it was written well.

[Elayne Nash · Rating 3 out of 5]

Long read, Pat Taylor is narcissist final boss. One thing about Ann is she is going to write the longest book physically possible. Definitely thorough but I think could’ve been trimmed a little to keep reader focus

[Phillip Fitzsimmons · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nicely written. The villain is so consistently selfish and unpleasant that reading about her is difficult.

[Cathy Ball · Rating 3 out of 5]

Extremely detailed account of family murder and the psychopath, delusional, conniving, wicked woman behind it all. Ann Rule’s experiences as a former cop shine through in the details of this book.