I managed to register another book twice without realizing it. Luckily I had this one sitting here ready to go. An Ann Rule book I haven't read.

Of all of the Ann Rule books I have read -- and many of the true crime cases I have followed-- this one was disturbing on a higher level. Ted Bundy was the boogeyman of my childhood (I know people who were acquainted with some of his victims) and The Stranger Beside Me did not get under my skin to the same extent this book did. Randy Roth is a terrible excuse for a human being and as scary in his own right as an infamous serial killer. The book was as well-crafted as the prosecution's case and I admire that both as a fan of great storytelling and as a lawyer who briefly struggled as a litigator.

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