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Green River, Running Red

By: Ann Rule
Narrated by: Barbara Caruso
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In the most extraordinary journey Ann Rule has ever undertaken, America's master of true crime has spent more than two decades researching the story of the Green River Killer, who murdered more than 49 young women.

Green River, Running Red is a harrowing account of a modern monster, a killer who walked among us undetected. It is also the story of his quarry - of who these young women were and who they might have become. A chilling look at the darkest side of human nature, this is the most important and most personal audiobook of Ann Rule's long career.

©2011 Simon & Schuster Audio (P)2004 Ann Rule Murder True Crime Exciting Scary Young Adult

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Critic reviews

"[C]onveys the emotional truth of the Green River case." ( Los Angeles Times)
"Riveting." ( People)
"Perhaps Rule's finest work." ( Statesman Journal)
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As a fan of true crime I was surprised that I had never heard of the Green river killer. A truly harrowing account of a vicious, pathetic, cowardly man. The book was slow to begin with, but picked up around the middle. good narration throughout. If you are interested in true crime you will enjoy this book.

True crime

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Hats off to Ann Rule for the respect and time spent on the important people surrounding the life of Gary Ridgeway, the victims. It's easy to focus on the killer in these books but you reminded us all that the real story is in the victims and devastation caused to their families. They are often forgotten and lost as the focus naturally falls on the heinous acts themselves, but you gave them a voice. Respect to you ma'am.

Excellent listen

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This book had me hooked from the opening sentence and it was a change to have lots of info - generally a chapter each - about the victims of the Green River serial killer Gary Ridgway. So much information given well.

Excellent

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Too much of the book was on victims life story’s, not enough on the main protagonist

Mad or just bad

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True crime writer Ann Rule tells the story of the Green River killer in this extraordinary book. Researching the case for more than twenty years, she later discovered the perpetrator had carried out many of his grisly crimes close to where she lived and had even attended her book signings. America’s most prolific serial killer is known to have murdered at least 49 women and evaded detection until he was caught in 2001. The author sifted through thousands of documents, police records and photographs to bring this harrowing tale to life, detailing the lives of the many victims, their stories and their deaths.

This is not a book for the faint-hearted – packed with gory details and scene-of-crime minutiae, Rule outlines how the police investigation team went through many permutations before they eventually apprehended the killer. At a time when DNA evidence was virtually unheard of, the Green River Task Force struggled to find links that might tie any of the victims to a particular person. Fighting the quirks and whims of political enthusiasm for the case, the detectives were often left with only a skeleton crew, and some members even followed up leads in their spare time.

This is a disturbing story of an apparently mild-mannered but deeply troubled individual and the trail of bodies he left across King County, Washington.

Not for the faint-hearted

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Very well, researched, written and read. I will listen to this again in the future.

excellent

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Full of intricate details of the poor victims lives, and who they were. I love how much time Ann spends listing details of their lives, which were cruelly taken away. A very interesting and gripping insight into the monster that is GRK

Gripping

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Absolutely loved this book, but the narrator was fantastic and really brought the words to life! Couldn’t stop listening.

Interesting content and so well read!

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the recording wasnt very clear and had words missing. a good deal of information about victims, very sad.

average

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No doubt, this is a very comprehensive summary of events that spanned decades. He was a prolific serial killer with dozens of victims. It is wonderful that Anne Rule went to the trouble to give background on all of them. And all the police personnel involved in solving this atrocity. However, I did get lost at times hopping between the victims and the killer. I am not sure if this is due to my level of attention -
I got distracted by the narration at times, as Barbara Caruso, despite her wonderful intonation, gave me the feeling I was listening to Mary Poppins giving me the worst bed time story possible. I would still recommend it. With coffee. There is a lot to keep track of.

So much information.

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