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Need2kno (original poster member #31342) posted at 12:09 AM on Monday, February 28th, 2011
hello!
Any true crime book readers here or any of you like to read books by.. Patricia Cornwell..
Would like any other recommendations on books along the line of Patricia cornwell 
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Need the strength and control to rebuild my Life for Me and my Kids.
Catwoman ( member #1330) posted at 1:55 AM on Monday, February 28th, 2011
Ann Rule would be my recommendation.
If you like crime drama from the legal side, Lisa Scottoline gets my vote.
Cat
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D-Days: 2/23/93; 10/11/97; 3/5/03
Ex & OW Broke up 12-10
"An erection does not count as personal growth."
bufffalo ( member #21854) posted at 2:10 AM on Monday, February 28th, 2011
Ann Rule has written several...and i have read most of hers.....i started with the one about Ted Bundy.....(sick bastard)...
TodayIsANewDay ( member #1660) posted at 3:15 AM on Monday, February 28th, 2011
I just read a really good one-- Strange Piece of Paradise. Nothing much like Patricia Cornwall, somewhat similar to Ann Rule. What was fascinating to me is the "unique" viewpoint of a "true crime" victim trying to solve the "mystery" of who tried to murder her 20 years earlier.
Need2kno (original poster member #31342) posted at 3:55 AM on Monday, February 28th, 2011
Thanks everyone for the recommendations! I too love ann rule!!
Thanks!
Me: AC~33
H:~ T ~ 34
2 ~ Daughters
Dday ~ will never know!
Need the strength and control to rebuild my Life for Me and my Kids.
Need2kno (original poster member #31342) posted at 3:55 AM on Monday, February 28th, 2011
Yes! Ted Bundy was VERY sick bastard!
Me: AC~33
H:~ T ~ 34
2 ~ Daughters
Dday ~ will never know!
Need the strength and control to rebuild my Life for Me and my Kids.
NewAttitude ( member #1030) posted at 4:28 AM on Monday, February 28th, 2011
I don't read them but as a bookseller I would recommend Karin Slaughter or Kathy Reichs.
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meaniemouse ( member #10798) posted at 5:52 AM on Monday, February 28th, 2011
Anyone read Bitter Harvest?
Act as if what you do matters. It does. William James
Need2kno (original poster member #31342) posted at 6:12 AM on Monday, February 28th, 2011
Bitter harvest. Is that by ann rule?
Me: AC~33
H:~ T ~ 34
2 ~ Daughters
Dday ~ will never know!
Need the strength and control to rebuild my Life for Me and my Kids.
meaniemouse ( member #10798) posted at 11:31 PM on Monday, February 28th, 2011
I think so. At least I think that's the name. I have a weird association with that book. 
Act as if what you do matters. It does. William James
Catwoman ( member #1330) posted at 11:33 PM on Monday, February 28th, 2011
No, I don't think that's an Ann Rule. Isn't that the one where the woman kills her children in the end? Sick.
Cat
FBS: Married 20 years, 2 daughters 27 and 24. Divorced by the grace of GOD.
D-Days: 2/23/93; 10/11/97; 3/5/03
Ex & OW Broke up 12-10
"An erection does not count as personal growth."
deeplysad ( member #16590) posted at 11:43 PM on Monday, February 28th, 2011
Bitter Havest *is* an Ann Rule book.
She is one of my favorite authors.
Me: BW - I'm much too young to feel this damn old
Him: FWH - Midlife crisis with a pathetic porn wannabe
D-Day: August 2004; Lots of false R until February 2005.
meaniemouse ( member #10798) posted at 11:54 PM on Monday, February 28th, 2011
Yup, it's Ann Rule. Bitter Harvest. Doctor lights her house on fire to get back at cheating husband (also a doctor). Ends up killing two of her three children instead. Was quite the sensation around these parts for a long time.
Act as if what you do matters. It does. William James
mom of 2 ( member #11214) posted at 12:12 AM on Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
I LOVE true crime! Fascinating stuff. To me the bible of true crime is Helter Skelter. 
Here's a great website that combines my love of true crime and celebrity gossip. In fact I've been "cheating" on SI with this site. *sigh* (No offense intended. Don't mean to trigger.)
findadeath.com
Me: BW
Divorced after 23 years of M thanks to XH's truth trickle.
Status: Recovering and healing. It's going to be a long hard road.
Update November 2013: It only took seven years but I finally turned a corner. :)
bbee ( member #17840) posted at 12:57 AM on Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
I enjoyed Zodiac by Robert Graysmith.
This above all: to thine ownself be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
Hamlet, Act I, Scene 3
Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.
All's Well That Ends Well, Act I, Scene 1
Need2kno (original poster member #31342) posted at 2:16 AM on Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
Will have to check out Zodiac - Hmmm will have to look on B&N to see the excerpt on bitter harvest - sounds familiar....
Please keep the Suggestions coming.. Thanks so much!
Me: AC~33
H:~ T ~ 34
2 ~ Daughters
Dday ~ will never know!
Need the strength and control to rebuild my Life for Me and my Kids.
stefanie ( member #21139) posted at 5:57 PM on Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
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hurting2much ( member #25643) posted at 6:12 PM on Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
Love true crime; Ann Rule is my favorite. Am reading 501 Most Notorious Crimes by Paul Donnelley. One to two pages of true crimes/criminals. Freaky people out there!
oncehappyred ( member #28941) posted at 6:19 PM on Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
Bitter Harvest was a good book.
I worked with the husband and knew the kids.
Very, very sad story on so many levels.
Nobody has things just as he would like them. The thing to do is to make a success with what material I have. It is a sheer waste of time and soulpower to imagine what I would do if things were different. They are not different.
Dr. Frank Crane
Fireball72 ( member #20152) posted at 6:32 PM on Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
I recommend Jack Olsen. He's written a few books that are a bit off the beaten path. "Son" is probably the most frightening (and easy-to-read - while Olsen is a fascinating author, he does tend to ramble off in odd directions on occasion).
If you can find it, also try "A Family Business" by Ken Englade (it's out of print, but still available on Amazon). Warning: the subject matter is a little, uh, gruesome.
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