It's got to be the most bizarre true crime book ever written

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	• The Stranger Beside Me (Revised and Updated): 20th Anniversary Ann Rule Signet, 2001 - 560 pages average customer review:based on 178 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

It's got to be the most bizarre true crime book ever written

Ann Rule was Ted Bundy's friend..indeed she might have seen him for a time as little brother, replacing the one who tragically killed himself. I've read many a book on crime, but never has the author known the subject so well. It lends a fascinating and spooky feel to the narrative. The book is a bit long and can be a bit slow at points, but that is bound to happen when the last 100 pages or so are updates (from '86, '89, and '00). Nevertheless, the Bundy shown is the whole man. I think that is incredibly important. Some will argue that Bundy is strictly a monster and should not be humanized. I disagree. What makes Bundy (and those like him) so terrifying is their very humanity. And their ability to so easily destroy the humanity of others.

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Couldn't Put It Down...

The Stranger Beside Me was an excellent find! I would recommend it to anyone who wants an in-depth look into the real life of Ted Bundy. Ann Rule does a great job of giving the reader all of the facts and leaving the emotions up to you.

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Awesome

This was my second Ann Rule book and it will not be my last! I was looking for something creepy yet interesting to read and I found it all in this book. I couldn't put it down for a week. If you like to read true cases this is the book for you, no doubt.

A nightmare I asked for

This is truly a remarkable work. Ann Rule has written both an in depth account of the Ted Bundy saga from an insiders point of view as well as her own remarkable story. Ann Rule and Ted Bundy worked together at a crisis center. The book is non-fiction that reads like a great novel. Rule follows Bundy with a history of his early childhood that gives insight to why he might have turned out like he did. The book also gives an account of how Bundy also viewed the world and how he tried to beat the death sentence. The reader is left an enigma of a highly intellignet and charming man who is also a psychopath. Rule also does a remarkable job of revealing to the reader how she originally believed Bundy to the conclusions that she was forced to realize that he was a murderer. I was left with the feeling that this book was painfull for her to write. Rule also tells a bit about her life and how she ended writing true crime. This book will leave you unsettled and you will not be able to put it down.

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Must read this edition...

This book will keep you wondering until the end whether or not they got the right guy...

I, like Ann Rule, did not want to believe that this man could commit these heinous crimes. That is why I believe that readers MUST read the 2000 version (Bundy was executed in 1989) as it includes some VERY important updates at the end of the book.

A very well-written book. The reader can feel Ms. Rule's pain as she struggles with coming to terms that this seemingly incredible man is really a wolf in sheep's clothing.

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