Smoke Mirrors and Murder

About this book

In some murder cases the truth behind the most tragic of crimes crystallizes with relative ease. Not so with these fascinating accounts drawn from the personal files of Ann Rule Americas #1 bestselling true-crime writer. What happens when the case itself becomes an intractable puzzle when clues are shrouded in smoke and mirrors and when criminals skillfully evade law enforcement in a maddening cat-and-mouse chase? Even the most devoted true-crime reader wont predict the outcome of these truly baffling cases until the conclusions revealed in Ann Rules marvelously insightful narrative: An ideal family is targeted for death by the least likely enemy who plotted their demise from behind bars.... A sexual predator hides behind multiple fake identities eluding police for years while his past victims live in fear that he will hunt them down.... A modest preachers wife confesses to shooting her husband after an argument -- but theres more to her shattering story than meets the eye. These and other true cases are analyzed with stunning clarity in a page-turning collection you wont be able to put down.