The Stranger Beside Me
by Ann Rule
Taste attributes: crimebiographydocumentaryslowunsavouryheavyrealisticlineargrittyenclosedemotive & stirringsolving the riddle/not as it seemscomplex relationshipinjustice/tragedy/vengeance
Boxlist takeExpect a realistic, dark non-fiction book, heavy rather than light. Best if you like edge over warmth.
Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: very dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.2 / 5
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About This Book
There are actually two stories here: one describes the gradual disintegration of a seemingly normal, affable, brilliant man into a sexual psychopath so evil, so methodical in his vicious killings, that one wonders if he was at all human. The other story is that of Ann Rule herself, a decent, hard-working, middle-aged mother of four who meets and befriends a nice young man working beside her in a crisis clinic.
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- Author
- Ann Rule
- Published
- 1980
- Pages
- 498
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- Open Library
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