Kiss Me, Kill Me by Ann Rule - True Crime Book Review

This book has ten true crime stories included. Kiss Me, Kill Me is the longest story with 128 pages and is about a young pregnant mother who gets killed in her home. The other stories "The Postman Only Killed Once", What's Love Got To Do With It? ", "Old Flames Can Burn", The Lonely Hearts Killer", The Captive Bride", "Bad Blind Date", The Highway Accident", You Kill Me...Or I'll Kill You" and "Where Is Julie? " are shorter stories and average about 25 pages each. The common thread in each of these stories and probably why Ann Rule used them all for this crime file is they are all crimes against women and involved a certain element of trust by the victims for the killer.

Suffice to say all Ann Rule books are brilliant. Her ability to take you into the lives of the victim before they get murdered evokes an emotional response as you feel you already know these people by the time they get murdered.

I enjoy the true crime files but feel a little let down by the shorter stories as most of them seem to have the potential to be a full book on their own. Ann Rule has made the comment that she gets asked to write so many books about certain people and criminal acts and really does not have the time to write all of them. The true crime files is her way of writing about as many stories as she can. She mostly chooses stories which are close to her heart as in "Kiss Me, Kill Me" she is a personal friend of the victim's uncle.

I think the True Crime Files are perfect for readers who enjoy true crime stories but do not really like reading big books. In that way Ann Rule has made sure that all her types of readers are satisfied. For me any Ann Rule book is wonderful and I just wish she would write more books. I always wonder when I read a true crime story that I do not enjoy, if Ann Rule would have written it differently and made it a good book. I personally think so. . .

To sum up, I prefer full length stories but I still read the crime files as I will read anything written by Ann Rule.

This is my personal review on Kiss Me, Kill Me written by Ann Rule but I would suggest accessing the opinions of other readers of true crime stories before making an online purchase of a true crime book.

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Through the Window by Diane Fanning - A True Crime Book Review

This is the true story of Tommy Lynn Sells, who is considered to be one of the worst serial killers in history.One of his victims, Krystal Surles, a ten year old girl, survived his attack on her and eventually led authorities to the arrest of 35 year old Tommy Lynn Sells. This young victim watched initially as he killed her best friend and then tried to kill her by slashing her wind pipe.

Prepare yourself for a totally surreal experience. I have no idea if the title of the book "Through The Window" is because the killer entered though a window in order to kill the little girl's friend and then try and kill her or because the entire time you are reading this book you get the feeling that you are watching the events unfold through a window.

I consider myself to be quite versed on the happenings of the crime world but I could not believe that I have NEVER heard of this serial killer Tommy Lynn Sells. We have all heard of Jeffrey Dahmer and of course Ted Bundy. Jeffrey Damher and Ted Bundy had a specific modus operandi and "reason behind their madness". Tommy Lynn Sells in my opinion is the ultimate serial killer. He just killed for no rhyme or reason. Completely without emotion even to the final confession. He lived as he saw fit by his own rules with no regard to the consequences and completely and utterly remorseless. This man cannot even be described as an animal as animals have instincts. He has none of the qualities that would classify him as a human or a live breathing being of this earth.

Never mind that I felt I was watching through a window the worst thing is I felt he was watching the events unfold as well standing next to me at the window while his physical body committed the murderous acts. This book is not for the faint hearted. I just want to mention one killing spree so you can make up your mind if you can handle this book.He comes upon a small family. He kills the father. Then the little boy. As he is trying to kill the mother she goes into labour. He stops and watches the child being born.Then he kills the baby and then the mother. All for no other reason other than he could.

This books details all his criminal acts which he confessed to but the idea is there were so many that even he has forgotten about some. Diane Fanning wrote this book so brilliantly that any reader will be sucked into the events and as the book progresses you enter a self preservation mode where your mind numbs to the murderous acts and you are absolutely a zombie at the end of this book. It is a brilliant brilliantly written book for the out of body experience that it offers. I highly recommend this book.

I suggest accessing the web for the opinions of other readers of true crime stories before making the final decision to purchase a book online.

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