by Ann Rule
First published 2000
Ann Rule works alongside a charming, brilliant young man at a crisis clinic. But this friend is actually Ted Bundy, a serial killer responsible for a string of brutal murders. As Rule begins to uncover the truth, a terrifying picture emerges of the man she thought she knew. This true-crime saga explores the shocking contrast between Bundy's public persona and his dark compulsions, and the anguish of the victims' families as they come to grips with the unimaginable.
Genres: psychology, crime, biography-memoir, true-crime
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: dark, unreliable-narrator
Setting: United States
456 pages · Hardcover · W. W. Norton & Company
Content warnings: murder, violence