Don’t Look Behind You

I’LL BE WATCHING YOU
    Walking home on a dark night, you hear footsteps coming up behind you. As they get closer, your heart pounds harder. Who is closing in with dangerous intent—a total stranger? Or someone you know and trust? The answer is as simple as turning around, but don’t look behind you …
run.
Ann Rule, who shared her own nerve-jangling account of unknowingly befriending sadistic sociopath Ted Bundy in
The Stranger Beside Me
, chronicles other fateful encounters with the hidden predators among us in this riveting collection, fifteenth in the bestselling series drawn from her personal files. First in line is a stunning case that spanned thirty years and took a determined detective to four states—ending, finally, in Alaska—where he unraveled not one but two murders. A second case appears to begin and end with the hunt for the Green River Killer, focusing on a Washington State man who was once cleared as a suspect in that deadly chain of homicides. But the millionaire property owner believed he had successfully buried his own murderous past and the awful truth behind his young wife’s disappearance. She vanished soon after she left for a day at the Seattle World’s Fair, and her three small children grew up believing their mother had abandoned them. But one amazing witness remained—the missing woman’s best friend, who heard her last words in a frantic phone call—“He’s coming!”—before the line went dead. Only since Robert Hansen’s suicide has the monster within been revealed. In another true story, a petite woman went to a tavern, looking only for conversation and fun. Instead, she met violent death in the form of a seven-foot man who had seemed shy and harmless. You’ll feel a chill as you uncover these and numerous other cases of unfortunate victims who made one tragic mistake: trusting the wrong person—even someone they’d known intimately, or
thought
they knew.
    DON’T LOOK BEHIND YOU
    Includes an excerpt from
In the Still of the Night
, Ann Rule’s true-crime bestseller!
    MORE THAN 30 MILLION COPIES OF ANN RULE’S BOOKS IN PRINT!
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BESTSELLING SERIES
    ANN RULE’S CRIME FILES
    Now celebrating fifteen riveting collections!
    “Chilling cases…. A frightening, fascinating rogue’s gallery of mercenary murderers.”
    —
Mystery Guild
    “Prolific and talented Rule brings to life a rich case.”
    —Publishers Weekly
(starred review)
    “Gripping tales…. Fans of true crime know they can rely on Ann Rule to deliver the dead-level best.”
    —The Hartford Courant
(CT)
    “Fascinating, unsettling tales…. Among the very small group of top-notch true-crime writers, Rule just may be the best of the bunch.”
    —Booklist
    “Rule’s ability to depict both criminals and victims as believable human beings is perfectly embodied in this sad, fascinating account.”
    —Library Journal
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CELEBRATED BESTSELLERS
    IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT
    “Make yourself comfortable—at the edge of your seat! That’s where you’ll be throughout this chilling true story of infidelity, lies, and murder…. Another Ann Rule masterpiece.”
    —
Mystery Guild
    “An interesting case, a real-life whodunnit…. addictive.”
    —True Crime Book Reviews
    TOO LATE TO SAY GOODBYE
    “The quintessential true-crime story…. The mesmerizing tale of how law enforcement coordinated information from two deaths separated by nearly a decade to convict Bart Corbin of murder…. Prepare yourself for a few late nights of reading.”
    —Bookreporter.com
    GREEN RIVER, RUNNING RED
    “[Rule] conveys the emotional truth of the Green River case.”
    —Los Angeles Times
    “Riveting…. Rule infuses her case study with a personally felt sense of urgency.”
    —People
    Ann Rule worked the late-night shift at a suicide hotline with a handsome, whip-smart psychology major who became her close friend. Soon the world would know him: Ted Bundy, one of the most savage serial killers of our time….
    THE STRANGER BESIDE ME
    Now in an updated edition!
    “Shattering … written with compassion but also with professional objectivity.”
    —
Seattle Times
    “Overwhelming!”
    —Houston