Title: Gripping and Bizarre -- Typical Ann Rule
Product review: I have read all of Ann Rule's books, and this is as good as all of the others. Rule's books continually strike me as so bizarre, you can't even believe they are real. At the same time, you like them BECAUSE the reality is so much more bizarre that you would expect. I also like Ann Rule's books (and this one is no exception) because she does not try to make heroes out of the victims -- she portrays everyone realistically and humanly, with all of the normal human faults we all have. This book gets off to a bit of a slow start (Ann Rule does love to go into the family history of the main characters a bit too much), but picks up quickly and is well worth the effort. Allen Van Houte/Blackthorne is pure evil.
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