Ann Rule presents another collection of fascinating and disturbing true-crime stories—drawn from her real-life personal files—in this seventeenth volume in the #1 New York Times bestselling Crime Files series. MOVING IN FOR THE KILL In this all-new collection of investigative accounts from her private archives, “America’s best true-crime writer” (Kirkus Reviews) exposes the most frightening aspect of the murderous mind: the waiting game. Trusted family members or strangers, these cold-blooded killers select their unsuspecting prey, wait for the perfect moment to strike, then turn normality into homicidal mayhem in a matter of moments. Ann Rule will have you seeing the people and places around you with heightened caution as you read these shattering cases, including:
• New mothers murdered, their infants kidnapped, in an atrocious baby-selling scheme
• The man who kept his criminal past hidden from his wife—and his wife from his mistress—until he coldly disposed of one of them
• The beautiful daughter of a State Department official ran away from the privileged world she knew and hitched a ride with a man she didn’t . . . with fatal consequences
• For months, a vicious, rage-filled serial rapist eluded police and terrorized Seattle’s women—when would he strike next, and how far would his violence escalate?
• A criminal known for his Houdini-like escapes is serving time for murder in a botched robbery—now the convict is being served dinner in a civilian’s home, where he has one more trick up his sleeve
• A long-lost relative who came home to visit, leaving a bloody trail through Washington and Oregon; no one realized how dangerous he and his ladylove were—until it was far too late. . . . With her ability to translate the most complex cases into storytelling “as dramatic and chilling as a bedroom window shattering at night” (The New York Times), Rule expertly analyzes the thoughts and deeds of the sociopath, in this seventeenth essential Crime Files volume.
《紐約時報》暢銷排行榜第一名《Crime Files》系列第十七集，作者安茹爾 (Ann Rule) 改編生活中的真實案件，集結成緊張懸疑、扣人心弦的犯罪故事。致命一擊在這本全新辦案實錄中，獲科克斯書評 (Kirkus Reviews) 譽為「全美最佳真實犯罪作家」的安茹爾揭露了行兇者最駭人的犯罪心理：一種名為「等待」的遊戲。表面上是可信賴的人，背地裡卻是冷酷無情的兇手。這些冷血殺手鎖定獵物，待時機成熟，痛下毒手，原來平凡的生活瞬間籠罩在兇殺疑雲之中。藉由這些駭人聽聞的刑案，安茹爾將使你對身邊人物和環境開始提高警覺。本書收錄事件如下：
‧剛生產完的產婦接連被謀殺，她們的新生兒也遭到綁架，幕後竟然是一樁殘酷的販嬰陰謀。
‧一個背負祕密的男人，對妻子隱瞞過去的罪行，也對情婦隱瞞妻子的存在，直到他冷除掉其中一人，一切的祕密才終於真相大白。
‧州府公務員的美麗女兒逃離了熟悉的權貴世界，隨意搭上陌生男性的便車，卻意外引來致命殺機。
‧憤世兇殘的連續性侵犯躲避警方追緝，逃亡了數月之久，西雅圖的女性因此人心惶惶，究竟他何時會再次犯案？手段又將如何變本加厲呢？
‧一名足以媲美胡迪尼逃脫術的罪犯在一場失敗的搶案中因殺人而入獄，但此刻他人卻安坐在某戶人家中享用晚餐，而暗懷的詭計還不僅於此。
‧失聯已久的親戚突然登門拜訪，身上背負著從華盛頓到奧瑞岡多起連續血案的罪名，沒人知道他與隨行的女伴兩人有多危險，等眾人發現時，一切為時已晚……安茹爾寫作技巧高超，能夠將最複雜的刑案轉化成精彩刺激的懸疑故事，「就像夜半莫名碎裂的臥室玻璃窗，如此充滿戲劇性，令人不禁打起冷顫。」── 《紐約時報》 在本書中，她以洗練的文筆，從專業角度深入剖析反社會犯案者的心理及行徑。