After his first grisly crime, Harvey Louis Carignan beat a death sentence and continued to manipulate, rape, and bludgeon women to death — using want ads to lure his young female victims.
And time after time, justice was thwarted by a killer whose twisted legal genius was matched only by his sick savagery.
Here, complete with the testimony of women who suffered his unspeakable sexual abuses and barely escaped with their lives, and of the police who at last put him behind bars, is one of the most shattering and thought-provoking true-crime stories of our time.
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After his first grisly crime, Harvey Louis Carignan beat a death sentence and continued to manipulate, rape, and bludgeon women to death — using want ads to lure his young female victims.
And time after time, justice was thwarted by a killer whose twisted legal genius was matched only by his sick savagery.
Here, complete with the testimony of women who suffered his unspeakable sexual abuses and barely escaped with their lives, and of the police who at last put him behind bars, is one of the most shattering and thought-provoking true-crime stories of our time.
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After his first grisly crime, Harvey Louis Carignan beat a death sentence and continued to manipulate, rape, and bludgeon women to death—using want ads to lure his young female victims. And time after time, justice was thwarted by a killer whose twisted legal genius was matched only by his sick savagery. Here, complete with the testimony of women who suffered his unspeakable sexual abuses and barely escaped with their lives, and of the police who at last put him behind bars, is one of the most shattering and thought-provoking true-crime stories of our time. Includes 8 pages of photos
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“Praise for Ann Rule "Rule has an instinct for suspense, knowing just what information to leak to the reader and when."-- The Washington Post Book World "A raw docudrama of almost unbelievable intensity."-- Booklist "A harrowing pathological portrait, a nearly unthinkable triple-murder plot, a hold-your-breath police procedural and a tale of dedication and compassion all superbly combined to produce the most riveting true-crime account since In Cold Blood ."-- Kirkus Reviews "Excellent....One of the most detailed studies of a sociopath to dignify the true-crime circuit."-- The San Francisco Chronicle "A fascinating and grisly story...un-putdownable."-- New York Daily News "A good read....Rule springs surprises and revelations with a novelist's skill."-- Seattle Times”
Praise for Ann Rule "Rule has an instinct for suspense, knowing just what information to leak to the reader and when."--The Washington Post Book World
"A raw docudrama of almost unbelievable intensity."--Booklist
"A harrowing pathological portrait, a nearly unthinkable triple-murder plot, a hold-your-breath police procedural and a tale of dedication and compassion all superbly combined to produce the most riveting true-crime account since In Cold Blood."--Kirkus Reviews
"Excellent....One of the most detailed studies of a sociopath to dignify the true-crime circuit."--The San Francisco Chronicle
"A fascinating and grisly story...un-putdownable."--New York Daily News
"A good read....Rule springs surprises and revelations with a novelist's skill."--Seattle Times
About the Author
Ann Rule is the author of more than two dozen "New York Times" bestsellers, all of them still in print. A former Seattle police officer, she knows the crime scene firsthand. She is a certified instructor for police training seminars and lectures frequently to law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and forensic science organizations, including the FBI. For more than two decades, she has been a powerful advocate for victims of violent crime. She has testified before U.S. Senate Judiciary subcommittees on serial murder and victims' rights, and was a civilian adviser to the VI-CAP (Violent Crimina
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