A rage to kill : and other true cases

Format:

Book (large print)

Title:

A rage to kill : and other true cases

Author:

Rule, Ann.

ISBN:

9780783888262

Publication Information:

Thorndike, Me. : G.K. Hall, 1999.

Physical Description:

471 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.

Series title(s):

Ann Rule's crime files ;

G.K. Hall large print nonfiction series.

Number in series:

VOL. 6.

Contents:

A bus to nowhere -- The killer who planted his own clues -- Born to kill? -- As close as a brother -- Profile of a spree killer -- The lost lady -- To an athlete dying young -- Ruby, don't take your love to town -- That was no lady -- The killer who talked too much.

Summary:

An account of Silas Cool, a gunman who shot the driver of a Seattle bus in transit, causing it to plunge off a bridge into an apartment building, is accompanied by nine other true crime cases that explore the alarming nature of the murderous psyche.

Subject(s):

Murder -- Washington (State) -- Case studies.

Murder -- United States -- Case studies.

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Acclaimed for her devastatingly accurate insight (The New York Times Book Review) into the criminal mind, Ann Rule has chronicled the most fascinating cases of our time in her bestselling Crime Files series.Here is the case that shocked a nation: the Seattle city bus ride that turned to mayhem and murder at the hands of a gunman. Ann Rule unmasks the forces that drove quiet, clean-cut Silas Cool to shoot the driver, causing the bus to plunge off the Aurora Bridge into an apartment building. The catastrophe left three dead -- including Cool -- and dozens injured. Rule expertly constructs the chain of events that resulted in this explosive tragedy, along with nine other cases torn from the headlines.

Author Notes

Ann Rule was born on October 22, 1931 in Lowell, Michigan. She received a bachelor's degree from the University of Washington in creative writing, with minors in psychology, criminology and penology. She began writing for magazines including True Detective, Master Detective, Inside Detective, Front Page Detective, and Office Detective in 1969. During her lifetime, she wrote more than 30 books including The Stranger Beside Me; Green River, Running Red; Practice to Deceive; Ann Rule's Crime Files series, and Lying in Wait. She died on July 26, 2015 at the age of 83.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Foreword

A Bus to Nowhere

The Killer Who Planted His Own Clues

Born to Kill?

As Close as a Brother

Profile of a Spree Killer

The Lost Lady

To an Athlete Dying Young

Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town

That Was No Lady

The Killer Who Talked Too Much

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