Smoke, Mirrors, and Murder

Real-life murder. Real-life mystery.In some murder cases, the truth behind the most tragic of crimes crystallizes with relative ease. Not so with these fascinating accounts drawn from the personal files of Ann Rule, Americas #1 bestselling true-crime writer. What happens when the case itself becomes an intractable puzzle, when clues are shrouded in smoke and mirrors, and when criminals skillfully evade law enforcement in a maddening cat-and-mouse chase? Even the most devoted true-crime listener wont predict the outcome of these truly baffling cases until the conclusions revealed in Ann Rules marvelously insightful narrative: An ideal family is targeted for death by the least likely enemy, who plotted their demise from behind bars. A modest preachers wife confesses to shooting her husband after an argumentbut theres more to her shattering story than meets the eye. These and other true cases are analyzed with stunning clarity in a collection you wont be able to stop listening to.