Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors And Other True Cases

Description for FATAL FRIENDS, DEADLY NEIGHBORS AND OTHER TRUE CASES by Ann Rule: TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT It's a chilling reality that homicide investigators know all too well: the last face most murder victims see is not that of a stranger, but of someone familiar. Whether only an acquaintance or a trusted intimate, such killers share a common trait that triggers the downward spiral toward death for someone close to them: they are masters at hiding who they really are. Their clever masks let them appear safe, kind, and truthful. They are anything but---and almost no one can detect the murderous impulses buried deep in their psyches. These doomed relationships are the focus of Ann Rule's sixteenth all-new Crime Files collection. In these shattering inside views of both headlined and little-known homicides, Rule speaks for vulnerable victims who relied on the wrong people. She begins with two startling novella-length investigations. In July 2011, a billionaire's Coronado, Cal