Product Description

Ann Rule brilliantly dissects the convoluted love affairs that all too often end in violence in this unnerving collection drawn from her personal crime files. From traditional courtships to Internet relationships, the passions that rule the heart can also fuel the destructive fires of rage, jealousy and murder. There are stalkers driven by obsession, gay lovers who learn too late that things are not as they appear, and conjugal visits in the shadow of prison walls. Ann Rule goes far beyond the headlines made by these unusual stories to chronicle the downward spiral that begins when promises are broken - a descent that may wrenchingly unfold to a bloody conclusion, or occur so rapidly that the reader wants to cry 'watch out'. The title story deals with an adulterous affair that slashed the trust in a seemingly ideal marriage, the violence that ensued, and a missing-persons search that was ultimately solved with forensic science, computers, and the dedicated kindness of the victim's friends. Powerful because they strike so close to home, the cases in EMPTY PROMISES will leave readers shaken with the realities of love gone terribly wrong.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #141270 in Books
• Published on: 2001-03-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 544 pages

Review
'The undisputed master crime writer of the Eighties and Nineties' John Saul 'Devastatingly accurate insight' NEW YORK TIMES

NEW YORK TIMES
* 'Devastatingly accurate insight'

About the Author
Ann Rule, a former Seattle policewoman, has written seventeen books and more than a thousand articles on criminal investigations and the criminal antisocial personality. She can be contacted through her Web page at www.annrules.com

Customer Reviews

gripping
I have read all of Ann Rule's books. The 1st story in this book keeps you turning the pages, and you feel for Jami as she is terrified by her husband. Keep uo the good work, Ann!!!

Don't usually read this genre, but it was surprisingly good
Found this book on a beach and gave it a try - I couldn't put it down from page one! Ann Rule gives the detailed, grisly facts of all the case files in this book as well as a background history of the victims and people involved with them.

The entire first half of the book is dedicated to the Steven & Jodi Sherer case of the early 90s; the rest of the book is a collection of much shorter cases which Ann Rule has been involved with.

Very good book, would definitely pick it up again.