Ann Rule is the bestselling author of The Stranger Beside Me, the true-crime classic detailing her extraordinary relationship with the notorious serial killer Ten Bundy. An acknowledged expert on violent crimes, their causes and effects, Ann Rule now brings us six more fascinating true cases from her files.

          A Rose for Her Grave — the principal story of this collection — vividly re-creates the cautionary tale of Randy Roth, a misogynistic sociopath from the Pacific North-West whose rage was directed primarily at women and children. Addicted to his own greed, Roth exercised a powerful aura of control over his victims, using his ability to charm and boyish looks to lower their defences. By the time they saw the reality of the madness in his eyes, it was usually too late.

          This, along with five other chilling cases, bears the stamp of classic Ann Rule — informed, comprehensive, and eerily evocative of man’s inhumanity to men.