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    Green River, Running Red: The Real Story of the Green River Killer--Americas Deadliest Serial Murderer
    Green River, Running Red: The Real Story of the Green River Killer--Americas Deadliest Serial Murderer
    Green River, Running Red: The Real Story of the Green River Killer--Americas Deadliest Serial Murderer
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    Green River, Running Red: The Real Story of the Green River Killer--Americas Deadliest Serial Murderer

    Written by Ann Rule

    Narrated by Michele Pawk

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    About this audiobook

    In this provocative and eye-opening classic of investigative journalism, the #1 New York Times bestselling author and “America’s best true-crime writer” (Kirkus Reviews), Ann Rule, explores the nearly twenty-year long search for America’s most prolific and horrifying serial killer.

    In 1982, the body of Wendy Coffield is discovered floating near the sandy shore of Washington’s Green River. Authorities have no idea that this tragic and violent death is only the beginning of a string of murders that will rock and terrify the Seattle area for two decades.

    With her signature riveting prose and in-depth research, Ann Rule takes us behind the scenes of the search for the Green River Killer, a terrifying specter who ritualistically killed young women and eluded authorities for years. From seeking the help of incarcerated serial killer Ted Bundy to Ann Rule’s horrifying realization that the killer she was writing about had attended her book signings, Green River, Running Red is the suspenseful and unforgettable “definitive narrative of the brutal and senseless crimes that haunted the Seattle area for decades” (Publishers Weekly).
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateOct 1, 2004
    ISBN9780743548991
    Green River, Running Red: The Real Story of the Green River Killer--Americas Deadliest Serial Murderer
    Author

    Ann Rule

    Ann Rule wrote thirty-five New York Times bestsellers, all of them still in print. Her first bestseller was The Stranger Beside Me, about her personal relationship with infamous serial killer Ted Bundy. A former Seattle police officer, she used her firsthand expertise in all her books. For more than three decades, she was a powerful advocate for victims of violent crime. She lived near Seattle and died in 2015.

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    • 5/5
      The narrator made the story come to life in an otherwise gruesome and dark tale
    • 5/5
      Well written tale about the horrendous crimes committed by the green river killer
    • 4/5
      For some reason, we seem to have more than our share of serial killers in the Pacific Northwest: Ted Bundy, the Green River Killer, the Pig Farm killer (at least he was on the Canadian side of the border). Even Kenneth Bianchi, one of the Hillside Stranglers, left L.A. long enough to strangle two women in Washington state. Gary Ridgway, the Green River Killer, managed to murder at least 48 young women between 1982 and 2001, while living an apparently ordinary life and reporting daily to his job painting trucks at the local Kenworth plant. I was eager to read this book, because I lived in the Seattle area when the rampage started, and even had some dealings with that particular Kenworth facility. Ann Rule is a well-known and talented writer in the true crime genre, and she followed the Green River case from the beginning. Unfortunately this is not her best book. The story is compelling when the author focuses on the actual crimes and the investigation. It would have been much better with some judicious editing. Rule provides a profile of each victim, an admirable attempt to humanize these women so many had written off. But really, given the bad choices and the similarities of their short and dreary lives, it is hard to believe that every last one was beautiful, intelligent, and popular. The author takes up entirely too much time on her various speaking engagements and her cozy relationships with the police. Perhaps because of those relationships, the police are unfailingly described in the most glowing terms. Having encountered a few of King County’s finest, including one who stalked me at home after he investigated an accident, I have my doubts about their universal brilliance and shining moral integrity. Perhaps I am too much of a cynic, but so many opportunities were lost. I remember the endless parade of suspects who were trotted out, merely because they were found on the SeaTac strip at the wrong time. Yet when one victim’s family actually tracked Ridgway’s distinctive vehicle to his home, and reported it to the police, they did nothing more than knock on the door, interview him briefly, and accept his denials! Although they had samples of Ridgway’s body fluids, the police didn’t bother testing them for DNA until years after the technology had become acceptable as evidence. Bottom line – interesting story, I am glad I read it, but even happier that I found it on the remainder table and didn’t pay full price for it.
    • 5/5
      My first Ann Rule story. And I have to admit that now I'm hooked. She ranks as one of my favorite authors. I love this story; it's very thick and long, but it's a good telling of one of the worst serial killers.
    • 5/5
      This book was awesome!!! Nasty freakin Gary? not a shocker!
    • 3/5
      In the early 1980s, the Seattle area had a serial killer running around, mostly killing prostitutes. True crime author Ann Rule, by then having published her book on Ted Bundy, lived in the area, and followed very closely what was happening. The killer wasn’t caught for almost 20 years, but when DNA testing came available, he was not only caught, but he admitted to many more murders than they would have been able to link to him via DNA.Unfortunately, I (once again) ended up with an abridged audio. I was only a kid in the early 80s, and not in the area, so it was more recently that I heard of the Green River killer. The book was interesting, but I would have liked to have listened to the entire book. It did seem to jump abruptly from talking about the victims to following the killer’s life. Not sure if the book actually felt that way or if it felt such because it was abridged.
    • 5/5
      There is a reason Ann Rule is so famous - this book is just plain excellent. The author explains intricate crime clearly and relatively cleanly. I was hesitant to read this book because I thought I'd get weary of reading gory details but Ann Rule is able to include death descriptions that don't overly disgust.
    • 4/5
      Excellent true crime book. Eager to read more of her books. It's morbid and scary and twisted, but yet fascinating and I just can't seem to put them down.
    • 3/5
      When a serial killer is as prolific as Gary Ridgway, his victims tend to blur into one another, forming one tragic but anonymous mass. This is particularly true when the victims are prostitutes, women society finds it easy to ignore. In Green River, Running Red, Ann Rule fleshes out the victims' stories, which often include families trying desperately to save them from "the life", as prostitutes call their sad and dangerous work.Rules also tries to lay bare the life and psyche of Ridgway himself, with limited success. The killer himself offers few clues, insisting he killed out of resentment for his former wives. His third bride, like many killer's wives before her, seems more disturbed by the destruction of her secure suburban existence than by her husband's crimes. Disturbingly, it seems that Ridgway's shapeless banality is exactly what allowed him to elude capture for so long.
    • 3/5
      What drives a person to kill, and then repeat it over and over again for decades? Rule delves into this them by examining the life of this killer. By examining everything about the killer's life, you get a better understand what lead him to kill all those women. She also discusses the victims, and tells their story also. A detailed look into one of America's deadliest serial killers.
    • 3/5
      Interesting and off-putting at the same time.