Run, Bambi, Run: The Beautiful Ex-Cop and Convicted Murderer Who Escaped to Freedom and Won America's Heart

by Kris Radish

A portrait of a woman who spent more than ten years fighting for her freedom tells how the ex-cop, feminist, and former Playboy bunny was wrongly convicted for the murder of her husband's ex-wife. 35,000 first printing.

Genres: True Crime, Nonfiction

291 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 1992

About the author

Kris started writing the moment she could hold a pencil. She grew up in Wisconsin, graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a journalism degree and hit the ground running. Her father called her "the tornado". She worked as a newspaper reporter, bureau chief, nationally syndicated columnist, magazine writer, university lecturer, bartender, waitress, worm harvester, window washer....to name a few. Her first two books were non-fiction and then Radish became a full-time novelist. The Elegant Gathering of White Snows, Dancing Naked at the Edge of Dawn, The Sunday List of Dreams, Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral and Searching for Paradise in Parker, P.A., The Shortest Distance Between Two Women, Hearts on a String, Tuesday Night Miracles, A Grand Day to Get Lost and The Year of Necessary Lies have won her acclaim and a great following. Her eleventh novel, A Dangerous Woman From Nowhere is being released in 2017. She is also the author of three works of non-fiction, Gravel on the side of the Road-Stories From A Broad Who Has Been There, Run, Bambi Run-The Beautiful Ex-Cop and Convicted Murderer Who Escaped to Freedom and Won America's Heart and The Birth Order Effect: How to Better Understand Yourself and Others. She is working on a book poetry, two new novels, a book of non-fiction and a few bottles of wine.

Reviews

[Laurie Stoll]

True story.

[Tiffany]

This book was really good and let readers see many views in society. A second wife,a stepmother, a beautiful woman and a female cop. And I have to say the things they reveal about the cops got me questioning so it's a good read if your a woman trying to get into police work.

[Erika Miller]

Although this book told a fascinating story, it was so full of typos, wrong words and spelling errors it was distracting. I must say that I am angry on Bembenek's behalf, now that I have her story. That seems to be the goal of the book overall.

[Bonni Sweet]

Very interesting. I saw many flaws in her case yet nothing was done. I wonder how she is now.

I just realized that she has dies. I hope she found some happiness after being released.

[Nancy Shaffer]

An old book found while searching the shelves in the library; pretty scary examples of discrimination and blatant corruption.

[Sandy (WI girl at heart)]

I thought it was a good book. Gave Madison WI a whole new look at the "working girl".

[April Torrens]

I lost track of the amount of typos in this book as there are so many. I found the last of the book very boring and repetitive. I think the author could have detailed Laurie's escape better which would have added something to it. I could barely read 10 pages at a time near the end as it was no longer captivating.