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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Stranger Beside Me comes a shocking true crime account of the destructive forces that drove a beautiful young mother to murder.
Somebody just shot my kids! Diane Downs brought her car to a halt in front of a Springfield, Oregon, hospital, her three gravely wounded children beside her. Thus begins the tale of a truly unthinkable crime that shattered the tranquility of a tight-knit community. As police searched for the shaggy-haired stranger Diane accused of shooting 8-year-old Christie, 7-year-old Cheryl, and 3-year-old Danny, a suspicion…mehr

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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Stranger Beside Me comes a shocking true crime account of the destructive forces that drove a beautiful young mother to murder.

Somebody just shot my kids! Diane Downs brought her car to a halt in front of a Springfield, Oregon, hospital, her three gravely wounded children beside her. Thus begins the tale of a truly unthinkable crime that shattered the tranquility of a tight-knit community. As police searched for the shaggy-haired stranger Diane accused of shooting 8-year-old Christie, 7-year-old Cheryl, and 3-year-old Danny, a suspicion grew that was even more horrifying than the crime itself: Did Diane shoot her own children? Haunted by this question, a dedicated district attorney searched for the answer and uncovered a chronology of incest, psychological wounding, desperate affairs, and surrogate motherhood.

Ann Rule's gripping, powerful, and ultimately terrifying true story of passion and murder will hold you in thrall as it plumbs the unimagined depths of darkness concealed within a human being.Ann Rule beweist es immer wieder. "True Crime" schlägt in mancher Hinsicht alles, was sich ein phantasievoller und hartgesottener Thrillerautor ausdenken könnte. In diesem neuen Buch der Autorin wird der Fall der jungen Mutter Diane Downs aufgerollt, die eines Tages vor einem Krankenhaus vorfährt, auf dem Rücksitz ihre drei angeschossenen Kinder und behauptet, ein Fremder hätte plötzlich und vollkommen unerwartet das Feuer auf die Kinder eröffnet. Doch als die Suche nach dem geheimnisvollen Fremden erfolglos bleibt, verstärkt sich der Verdacht der Polizei, daß Diane selbst die Mörderin ihrer Kinder sein könnte. Eine engagierte Staatsanwältin geht der Sache gewissenhaft nach und deckt nach und nach ein grauenhaftes Familiengeheimnis auf. "Vivid...extraordinary...a page-turner!" (New York Times Book Review)
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Ann Rule
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Vivid...extraordinary...A page-turner. The New York Times Book Review

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

A detailed, probing inquiry....From start to finish, Rule s account informatively unweaves the sad features of Downs s life and gives a moving description of the human side of law enforcement. Boston Herald

Excellent....One of the most detailed studies of a sociopath to dignify the true-crime circuit. The San Francisco Chronicle

Superb...[a] riveting detective story...as good a page-turner as any fictional murder mystery. Indianapolis Star