Empty Promises: And Other True Cases
Written by Ann Rule
Narrated by Laural Merlington
3.5/5
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About this audiobook
In this unnerving collection drawn from her personal crime files, "America's best true-crime writer" (Kirkus Reviews) Ann Rule brilliantly dissects the convoluted love affairs that all too often end in violence.
Expertly analyzing a shocking, headline-making case, Rule unmasks the deadly motives inside a seemingly idyllic marriage: a beautiful young wife, a rising star in America's top-ranked computer corporation, and a prosperous husband, the scion of a family building business. With an adorable son and a gorgeous home, the couple seemed to have it all. But a furtive evil permeated their days and nights, dragging them into a murky world of drugs, sordid sex, and con operations. In this realm, one of them would prove to be a virtual innocent, the other a manipulator with no conscience. Sudden, violent death brought their charade of a fairy-tale romance to a tragic end—with a brutal crime that might never have come to light were it not for the stubborn detectives and prosecutors whose fight for justice spanned an entire decade.
Empty Promises recounts several other cases where the search for love brought only lies and betrayal—a cautionary primer, perhaps, for those who trust too much too soon. Powerful because they strike so close to home, the cases in Empty Promises will leave listeners shaken by the realities of love gone terribly—and fatally—wrong.
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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Reviews for Empty Promises
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Th first story was about 12 chapters long, almost half he book, so be aware of that as I thought the stories would be briefer. However they are interesting and the narrator's tone is just right for this harrowing topic.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Another winner from Anne Rule. We’ll written and I loved the narrators voice. Could not stop listening. I finished it in a day and a half.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Ann Rule is always interesting. This book focuses on people who trust "too soon", although I don't see how that fits with people who were kidnapped by virtual strangers, but the theme does run through much of the book.