A ROSE FOR HER GRAVE – the principal story of this collection – vividly recreates 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 good 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 man.*The first volume of Ann Rule’s Crime Files anthologies – a benchmark in true crime writing.About the AuthorAnn Rule is one of the foremost true crime authors and lectures in the United States. A former policewoman in Seattle, she shot to prominence with her 2 million copy selling THE STRANGER BESIDE ME, an account of her relationship with serial killer Ted Bundy.ReviewsNo writer in America has ever probed the dark heart of a killer so deeply Edna Buchanan Master of the true-crime genre CHICAGO TRIBUNE Ann Rule is simply the best. Carla Norton, co-author of PERFECT VISION Fascinating… Each page is a gripper. Ann Rule is truly a master crime writer. REAL CRIME BOOK DIGESTBook InformationISBN 9780751510706Author Ann RuleFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint SpherePublisher Little, Brown Book GroupWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 179mm * 109mm * 38mm