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| Original Title: | Green River, Running Red: The Real Story of the Green River Killer--America's Deadliest Serial Murderer |
| ISBN: | 0743460502 (ISBN13: 9780743460507) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Edgar Award Nominee for Best Fact Crime (2005) |
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Paperback | Pages: 665 pages Rating: 3.95 | 12470 Users | 743 Reviews
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| Title | : | Green River, Running Red: The Real Story of the Green River Killer - America's Deadliest Serial Murderer |
| Author | : | Ann Rule |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 665 pages |
| Published | : | October 1st 2005 by Pocket Books (first published 2004) |
| Categories | : | Crime. True Crime. Nonfiction. Mystery. Audiobook. History. Biography |
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In her most personal and provocative book to date, the #1 bestselling master of true crime presents "her long-awaited definitive narrative of the brutal and senseless crimes that haunted the Seattle area for decades" (Publishers Weekly). This is the extraordinary true story of the most prolific serial killer the nation had ever seen -- a case involving more than forty-nine female victims, two decades of intense investigative work...and one unrelenting killer who not only attended Ann Rule's book signings but lived less than a mile away from her home.Rating Epithetical Books Green River, Running Red: The Real Story of the Green River Killer - America's Deadliest Serial Murderer
Ratings: 3.95 From 12470 Users | 743 ReviewsAppraise Epithetical Books Green River, Running Red: The Real Story of the Green River Killer - America's Deadliest Serial Murderer
This doesn't read a like a suspense thriller, so if you are looking for that, you may want to skip this true crime non-fiction book. There is a lot of biography for the unfortunates girls strangled by this horrible serial killer. You get to know many of them and it tears your heart out. Although, I'm glad they finally found the killer, I'm sorry it took so long.A very thorough and very interesting telling of the events surrounding the investigation of the Green River Killer. I did not know much about the Green River Killer - other than he committed a series of murders in Washington back in the 80s. Since I knew so little, this was a suspenseful whodunit? for me.The book is not easy to read if the horrific details of crimes make you queasy. It was shocking to read about what one human can do to another human because they think they are "doing the right
The Green River Killer is one of the most prolific serial killers of all time. Convicted of killing 48 women (many prostitutes) investigators believe there may be more that he either couldn't remember as part of his plea deal or purposely held back. Like many serial killers, Gary Ridgway did not stand out, once again dispelling the myth that true evil shows itself in some way. A mild, meek man with a steady job and a wife, there was nothing particularly unusual about Gary. The fact that he
Chilling.And I want to be Ann Rule when I grow up.
Stepping away from her typical formula of featuring multiple stories in one book, Ann Rule takes on a hefty project with Green River, Running Red.Rule began compiling information on this well-known serial killer in 1982, waiting for detectives to figure out whodunit so she could write about the self-described "killing machine," Gary Ridgway, who confessed in 2003 to strangling 48 women, starting with Wendy Lee Coffield in 1982 and ending with Patricia Yellowrobe in 1998.Because Ridgway operated
I didn't mind the endless descriptions of the victims. In fact, I liked that -- it keeps the memory of the transient, wayward girls Ridgway killed alive, even if the details of their lives were nothing remarkable. What I didn't like was reading about Ann Rule's awesome books and her awesome role as a tip call taker and how everyone in the true crime world looks to her as an expert, etcetera. The crime reporting is good, though the book could have been a welcome 50 pages shorter if Ann had talked
This book is just beyond terrifying. Thankfully Ridgway has been convicted but to know that it took so long to catch this monster is just horrifying, he was just hiding in plain sight the WHOLE time. It gives me shivers just thinking about it! Ann Rule truly is the queen of true crime writing, she just has the perfect way of balancing the horrifying crime facts with the tidbits about the victims and Ridgways own life leading up to his killings. I enjoyed that she introduced us to the victims,
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