The Stranger Beside Me
Ann Rule • 1980
Devastation Rating
true crime serial killer memoir
Our Take
Rule worked alongside Ted Bundy at a crisis hotline. She liked him. Everyone liked him. The book is terrifying not because of what Bundy did but because Rule — a trained criminologist — could not see it. The monster was charming, helpful, and sitting right next to her.
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