Empty Promises (Ann Rule's Crime Files: Vol 7) (edit title)

Shelfari edited the subjects of Empty Promises (Ann Rule's Crime Files: Vol 7) 2 weeks ago.

• Added the subject: Subjects > Mystery and Thrillers > Authors, A-Z > ( R ) > Rule, Ann
• Added the subject: Subjects > Nonfiction > True Accounts > True Crime
• Added the subject: Subjects > Nonfiction > True Accounts > Murder and Mayhem
• Added the subject: Subjects > Literature and Fiction > Contemporary

Shelfari edited the classification of Empty Promises (Ann Rule's Crime Files: Vol 7) Saturday, January 23 2010.

• changed the Dewey Classification: 364.15230973

Shelfari edited the description of Empty Promises (Ann Rule's Crime Files: Vol 7) Friday, August 7 2009.

• MORE THAN 20 MILLION COPIES OFANN RULE'S BOOKS IN PRINT! In this unnerving collection drawn from her personal crime files, "America's best true-crime writer" (Kirkus Reviews) Ann Rule brilliantly dissects the convoluted love affairs that all too often end in violence. Expertly analyzing a shocking, headline-making case, Rule unmasks the deadly motives inside a seemingly idyllic marriage: a beautiful young wife, a rising star in America's top-ranked computer corporation, and a prosperous husband, the scion of a family building business. With an adorable son and a gorgeous home, the couple seemed to have it all. But a furtive evil permeated their days and nights, dragging them into a murky world of drugs, sordid sex, and con operations. In this realm, one of them would prove to be a virtual innocent, the other a manipulator with no conscience. Sudden, violent death brought their charade of a fairy-tale romance to a tragic end -- with a brutal crime that might never have come to light were it not for the stubborn detectives and prosecutors whose fight for justice spanned an entire decade. Empty Promises recounts several other cases where the search for love brought only lies and betrayal -- a cautionary primer, perhaps, for those who trust too much too soon. Powerful because they strike so close to home, the cases in Empty Promises will leave readers shaken by the realities of love gone terribly -- and fatally -- wrong.

Shelfari edited the contributors of Empty Promises (Ann Rule's Crime Files: Vol 7) Friday, July 24 2009.

• Added a contributor: Ann Rule: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of Empty Promises (Ann Rule's Crime Files: Vol 7) Friday, July 17 2009.

• It was a Sunday afternoon, the last day of September 1990, when Judy Hagel began to feel uneasy.