Ann Rule changed my life. She turned my beliefs and blind trust upside down and in so doing, she literally rocked my world. What an intelligent, go-getter done woman she was in her prime.
She taught me about serial killers, most notably, Ted Bundy.
She taught me about mothers who kill their children.
Ann taught me about obsessive men who will stalk their exes to death over their child support payments ( and how the women ignored the obsessively bad behavior while dating).
In short, Ann Rule's early books changed my way of thinking that everyone is nice and safe, in a way, and helped me grow up in many important ways that my parents had always sheltered me from knowing.
R.I.P., dear Ann. I always thought you would " be there" for the true crime readers.
I hope the end of your life was safer and happier than I fear it may have been. You deserve every blessing that eternity has.