Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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A Rose for Her Grave: And Other True Cases
Written by Ann Rule
Narrated by Laural Merlington
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
A Rose for Her Grave tells the story of Randy Roth from the razor-sharp perspective of Ann Rule. Rule attended the Roth trial and includes gripping accounts and details from her personal files on the case. A Rose for Her Grave delves into the heinous crimes of the monster Randy Roth; a man who seduced and manipulated vulnerable women into marrying him and opening up a large life insurance policy…all for him to collect when they conveniently met their untimely end. Rule exposes the heartbreaking facts of the investigation into his crimes, his last three wives and the tortured children left behind.
“Rule is this country's premier true crime author as well as one of its most prolific. She maintains her position with this first volume in a projected five-volume series….Rule's ability to depict both criminals and victims as believable human beings is perfectly embodied in this sad, fascinating account. Indeed, all her accounts present the female victims as real people who deserve compassionate treatment. For all popular true crime collections.-- Ben Harrison, East Orange P.L., N.J. Library Journal
Author
Ann Rule
Ann Rule wrote thirty-five New York Times bestsellers, all of them still in print. Her first bestseller was The Stranger Beside Me, about her personal relationship with infamous serial killer Ted Bundy. A former Seattle police officer, she used her firsthand expertise in all her books. For more than three decades, she was a powerful advocate for victims of violent crime. She lived near Seattle and died in 2015.
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Reviews for A Rose for Her Grave
Rating: 3.808943063414634 out of 5 stars
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123 ratings4 reviews
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5More great ann rule
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I liked the opening story (although I thought the courtroom part was a drag because it repeated a lot we already knew). I was not fond of the shorter crime stories in the back. An ok true crime read.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5It is amazing to me that people really believe that they can get away with murder. Ann Rule writes about cases where individuals really thought they would do just that, but got caught. Enlightening!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I loved this book, but I'm biased. I'm a big Ann Rule fan, and I love true crime. I found these cases really interesting, and as always, disturbing.