Ann Rule

An ideal family is targeted for death by the least likely enemy, who plotted their demise from behind bars.... A sexual predator hides behind multiple fake identities, eluding police for years while his past victims live in fear that he will hunt them down.... A modest preacher's wife confesses to shooting her husband …

A compilation of real-life crime stories focuses on cases about family members, spouses, lovers, friends, and others whose trustworthy faðcades hid murderous and violent secrets.