In her most personal and provocative book to date, the #1 bestselling master of true crime presents her long-awaited definitive narrative of the brutal and senseless crimes that haunted the Seattle area for decades (Publishers Weekly). This is the extraordinary true story of the most prolific serial killer the nation had ever seen -- a case involving more than forty-nine female victims, two decades of intense investigative work...and one unrelenting killer who not only attended Ann Rule's book signings but lived less than a mile away from her home.

...conveys the emotional truth of the Green River case. -- Los Angeles Times

Riveting. -- People

Perhaps Rule's finest work. -- Statesman Journal (OR)

INTRODUCTIONAs I began this most horrifying of all books in my long career as a true-crime writer, I found myself faced with the same dilemma I encountered some twenty-five years ago. In the early 1970s, I worked as a volunteer at the Crisis Clinic in Seattle, Washington. Two nights a week, I worked an