{"product_id":"secondhand-crime-fiction-thriller-bargain-book-box-sp2877","title":"Secondhand Crime Fiction \u0026 Thriller Bargain Book Box SP2877","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecondhand True Crime Bargain Book Box SP2877\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eEighteen true crime titles dominated by Ann Rule — eleven books bearing her name — alongside British case studies and serial killer investigations from Stephen Michaud, Bernard Taylor, and Maria Eftimiades. An essential haul for serious readers of the genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col dir=\"ltr\" class=\"[li_\u0026amp;]:mb-0 [li_\u0026amp;]:mt-1 [li_\u0026amp;]:gap-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-decimal flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3 print:block print:space-y-1\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Stranger Beside Me — Ann Rule — Rule's account of her friendship with Ted Bundy while both worked a crisis hotline — written from inside the relationship, it remains the definitive Bundy book.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eBitter Harvest — Ann Rule — A Kansas doctor's perfect life conceals murderous rage — Rule traces the moment a woman's fury and a mother's sacrifice converged in catastrophe.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eA Fever in the Heart and Other True Cases — Ann Rule — A collection of obsessive-love cases, with the title story a lethal triangle of coach, player, and wife.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eDead by Sunset — Ann Rule — Brad Cunningham, the perfect husband, the perfect killer — Rule's reconstruction of a Portland murder and the elaborate double life behind it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Killing of Julia Wallace — Jonathan Goodman — A meticulous reconstruction of the 1931 Liverpool murder that has baffled investigators and armchair detectives ever since — one of Britain's great unsolved cases.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eLethal Shadow — Stephen G. Michaud — A portrait of a sadistic sex slayer told through court records and forensic evidence, by the co-author of the definitive Ted Bundy study.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eLust Killer — Ann Rule (writing as Andy Stack) — Jerry Brudos, the Oregon shoe-fetishist serial killer, and the evidence trail that finally brought him down.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Want-Ad Killer — Ann Rule (writing as Andy Stack) — Harvey Carignan used classified ads to lure victims across multiple states — Rule reconstructs both the crimes and the psychology.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eMurderous Women — John Dunning — Case studies of women who killed, spanning multiple countries and motivations, with Dunning's research thorough and his narrative grip strong throughout.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eDeadly Doctors — Max Marquis — True accounts of medical professionals who used their training and access to kill — trained to cure, compelled to kill.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eCruelly Murdered — Bernard Taylor — The case of Constance Kent and the killing at Road Hill House in 1860 — one of Victorian England's most sensational murders, reconstructed with meticulous care.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eSins of the Mother — Maria Eftimiades — The true story behind the Susan Smith case, in which a South Carolina mother drowned her two young sons and blamed a carjacker.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Piano Teacher — Robert K. Tanenbaum and Peter S. Greenberg — The true story of a psychotic killer whose carefully constructed facade of normality concealed extreme violence.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eSmall Sacrifices — Ann Rule — Diane Downs shot her three children on an Oregon road and claimed a stranger attacked them — one of Rule's most exhaustively documented cases.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eTruly Murderous — John Dunning, intro by Colin Wilson — A collection of modern murder cases gathering some of the most disturbing crimes of the twentieth century in one volume.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eSpouse Killers — ed. Rose G. Mandelsberg (True Detective Magazine) — Real cases of husbands and wives who turned on their partners, drawn from the archives of the longest-running true crime publication in America.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe I-5 Killer — Ann Rule (writing as Andy Stack) — Randy Woodfield killed along the Interstate 5 corridor in Oregon and Washington — Rule's account honours the detectives as much as it profiles the killer.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eGreen River, Running Red — Ann Rule — The definitive account of Gary Ridgway, America's most prolific serial killer — Rule had followed this case for years before Ridgway's capture and writes with the authority of deep immersion.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49027217916123,"sku":"SP2877","price":120.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/sp2877.jpg?v=1785062302","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/secondhand-crime-fiction-thriller-bargain-book-box-sp2877","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}