Mortal Danger, Ann Rule
Mortal Danger, Ann Rule
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Mortal Danger
And Other True Cases

Author: Ann Rule

Narrator: Laural Merlington

Abridged: 12 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/22/2013

Synopsis

From trust to terror... from security to survival... The author of The Stranger Beside Me brings her brilliantly informed understanding of the sociopath to this riveting true crime collection. Only Ann Rule, who unknowingly worked alongside the smart and charming Ted Bundy - America's most notorious serial killer - could lend her razor-sharp insight into these cases of the spouse, lover, family member, or helpful stranger who is totally trusted but whose lethally violent nature, though masterfully disguised, can and will kill. Featured here is the case of a Southern California family man who appeared to be the picture of healthy living with his expertise in naturopathic healing. Luring a beautiful flight attendant into a passionate affair, he swept her away to a secluded home on the Oregon coast where his jealous rages escalated, ultimately leading to a brutal sex attack in which she believed she would die. How this brave victim survived, never knowing her tormentor's whereabouts, and how he resurfaced, forcing a tragic end for all involved, makes this one of Ann Rule's most compelling narratives. Also included are two other cases: that of the monstrous sadist whose prison release damaged a presidential candidate's campaign and ended in a bitter double tragedy in a quiet neighborhood three thousand miles away; and the horrific case of the man who crossed an ocean and several countries to stalk the Eurasian beauty who had fled from him in desperation.

About Ann Rule

Ann Rae Stackhouse was born in Lowell, MI in 1931. Her mother taught school, specializing in developmentally disabled children, and her father was a coach. Ann was in law enforcement in her young adult years, as was many in her family. She received various degrees from different colleges and universities, including studying creative writing, criminology, and psychology at University of Washington.

Ann's marriage, and eventual divorce changed her last name to Rule, which she keeps as her author name. Her extensive education and experience as a police woman gave her the perfect credentials to become regarded by many as the foremost true crime writer in America, setting the standards for the genre. For example, while she was volunteering at a suicide hotline center in Seattle in 1971, she met a work study student by the name of Ted Bundy, not realizing until a few years later that it was the same Bundy responsible for a series of murders. To her, he was kind, solicitous, and empathetic. She wrote her first book about him, considered one of the definitive biographies of Bundy.......The Stranger Beside Me (written under her own name, rather than the previously used pen name).

Rule has been a full-time crime writer since 1969, and has published 33 books and 1400 articles, mostly on criminal cases.

Today, she teaches seminars to law enforcement groups, a certified instructor in many subjects such as: Serial Murder, Sadistic Sociopaths, Women Who Kill, and High Profile Offenders. She has consulted with the FBI at their headquarters in Quantico, VA tracking a system to help identify and trap serial killers. She testimonies twice before the Senate Judiciary Sub-committee on victim's rights and the danger of serial killers.

Simon and Schuster currently have Rule under contract. Eight of her books have been made into TV movies, and more are in the works. Ann is in active support groups for victims of violent crimes and their families, in programs to help battered and abused women, and support group.

Reviews

Goodreads review by jv on March 29, 2019

This was a timely read for me as "my" students will soon begin to work on Problem Solution papers and one topic is mental abuse. The cases Ms. Rule chose to include in this collection detail mental abuse in the best way I've ever seen. So, no surprise.......more

Goodreads review by aPriL does feral sometimes on June 07, 2019

I love mystery-crime-thriller genre novels. But True Crime Non-fiction - not so much. There are very few True Crime books I finish, and when I have, it’s because I skim them. The writing is usually horrible because the author had no talent for stringing sentences coherently or because the author sho......more

Goodreads review by Ashley on July 25, 2022

This is not my first Ann Rule read and it most definitely won’t be my last either! In fact, I think it’s amongst my favourites I’ve read by her. Minus maybe The Stranger Beside Me because that one is just beyond iconic. But this one made me feel almost as excited and horrified while reading it. This......more

Goodreads review by Scarlett on January 25, 2018

So, I'm pretty sure this is the first Ann Rule I have read, unless I read one a while back before I started reviewing. There are five stories in here, the titular one taking about half the book. The main thing in common is that they are all about women who were killed by men, some of them by men the......more

Goodreads review by Katherine on January 15, 2017

*"Mortal Danger": Gold Beach OR 1999, Gig Harbor WA, 2007. Every Woman's Nightmare, twice. John Branden, aka John Williams, beat, raped, and very nearly murdered his long-time girlfriend when she had the temerity to try to end their relationship. He eluded police and vanished. Under a new name (one......more

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