A Fever in the Heart dissects an explosive triangle that led to obsession and murder in a small town in the northwest of America. Ann Rule reveals the story of an alluring wife and the two men desperate for her love; a story with a bizarre and deadly twist that no one could have suspected. In this tale and “Mirror Image,” a true-crime story recounting the frighteningly similar methods of two serial murders, Ann Rule masterfully probes the delusions of the criminal mind, the fateful circumstances and the unrelenting investigative forces at work in the aftermath of murder.
No fancy-pants writer “A Fever in the Heart” was the most astonishing, haunting book I have ever read. Ms. Rule’s prose style is so understated that one wonders how it is that one begins to see the unfolding of these dark events in a way that is almost like a film documentary. The book was almost searing in its intensity, and the little touches -song lyrics of the day, descriptions of the foilage in Washington in different seasons – draw one into the plot in a most curious manner. She is indeed a…
More like a four and a half Yes this is a great book, one of those book you open up just to get a taste of it and then you find yourself completely engrossed in the story. Then when the first story was over you just could not still put it down. The first story is the main meat of the book taking up at least 70% of the book and the 5 bonus stories are just as good but not as detailed but glad to have them included.Ann Rule really knows how to write True Crime, she hooks you and unfolds it to you in a mystery…
I was knocked out by this book When I bought this book , I was in the used bookstore looking for a any true crime book I had yet to read (of which there are few). I am SOOO glad I bought this book. The story seemed soo far fetched had I not been in the true crime section when I bought it…I might have thought it a new fiction thriller! The charachters are well researched, and the details so crisp and vivid. I actually closed my eyes a few times imaginging the scene like I was there ! If you want a good book , that…