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Title: one of the best true crime books ever
Review: If you have yet to read this book, I envy you. It was the first true-crime book I ever read, and remains one of the best to this day. Read this book at night, alone in the dark, and you will be terrified. But the book is very multi-dimensional. The victims are not treated as mere props, you will truly feel for them. Rule, a mature woman and former police officer, was taken in by Bundy's charming persona. Her gradual (and very reluctant) realization that he was a serial killer make an engrossing story. The lesson is that "charm" is not necessarily a god-given personal attribute, but could be the tool of a manipulative human predator. If this aspect of "The Stranger Beside Me" is of interest to you, try reading "The Gift of Fear" by Gavin DeBecker. It contains a lot of fascinating information on identifying the tactics of manipulation.
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