Astounding and Profound

Ann Rule wrote about one of the most shocking criminals of all time. But he wasn't just a serial killer; he was her friend.

The book chronicles a man who was seemingly innocuous, kind, and selfless, who effectively hid a deep urge to harm women, humiliate them, and then kill them.

It must have been the hardest thing Ann Rule ever had to do, to spend countless months and years researching facts, his whereabouts on specific dates, collecting interviews from the surviving victims, collaborating with the police. And hard not just because of how exhausting it all was, but because it meant that the man she thought she knew had a sinister under layer.

The details of what he did, to so many women, are shocking, disturbing, unrelenting. And yet, so few saw his dark nature that accepting the truth, even for Ann Rule, was nearly impossible. But Rule, even as she continued her friendship with Bundy, sought justice for families of the deceased, for those who survived, and for those who escaped before he could bring their lives to an end.

Rule writes a carefully thorough account of the intricate web behind the appalling acts with in-depth facts and precision in spite of her own mixed feelings that oscillated throughout the many years she knew him.

This is a book that keeps you reading because of its manifestation of a dark side of humanity that shocked, intrigued, and baffled the world for years.