A Rose for Her Grave –

Ann Rule’s Crime Files books have delivered the very best in true crime reading since A Rose for Her Grave, first in the acclaimed series, made its debut. Distinguished by the former Seattle policewoman’s razor-sharp eye for telling detail and her penetrating analysis of the criminal mind, this gripping collection of accounts drawn from her personal files features the twisting case of Randy Roth, who married — and murdered — for profit. In her trademark narrative style, Ann Rule weaves a tale that is riveting, enraging, and heartbreaking all at once, and brilliantly chronicles the fateful confluence of a killer and his female victims, as well as the shattering investigation into Roth’s heinous crimes.

You Belong to Me –

In “You Belong to Me, ” Rule fixes her unsparing professional gaze on one of Florida’s most shocking criminal cases – that of Tim Harris, a poster-perfect “all-American” Florida State Trooper who hid bizarre and fatal fantasies behind his badge – plus other incredible true crime cases from her personal files. Mesmerizing us with her masterful exploration of the personalities and backgrounds of the criminals and their families, and the circumstances surrounding each crime, Rule again proves that she is “the undisputed master crime writer of the eighties and nineties” (John Saul).