{"product_id":"first-lady-of-murder-ann-rules-life-legacy-and-the-serial-killer-she-called-friend-hardcover","title":"First Lady Of Murder: Ann Rule's Life, Legacy, and the Serial Killer She Called Friend - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCathy Scott\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe real Ann Rule biography written by a friend\u003c\/strong\u003e: Brilliant, driven, and deeply complicated. Untold Story of America's Queen of True Crime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnn Rule became America's queen of true crime \u003c\/strong\u003eby doing what few writers could: stepping past headlines, police reports, and courtroom drama to ask the deeper question. Why?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn FIRST LADY OF MURDER, acclaimed true crime author Cathy Scott \u003c\/strong\u003eturns that same investigative eye on Rule herself, revealing the complicated, driven, fiercely human woman behind THE STRANGER BESIDE ME, SMALL SACRIFICES, and a body of work that changed crime writing forever. Drawing on years of research, interviews, and Scott's own friendship with Rule, this deeply reported biography traces Ann's journey from a sheriff's granddaughter and would-be police officer to one of the most influential crime writers of her time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBut this is more than the story of a literary career\u003c\/strong\u003e. It is the story of ambition, loyalty, rivalry, heartbreak, reinvention, and the personal cost of building a public identity around the darkest acts human beings can commit. Rich with new detail and hard-won insight, FIRST LADY OF MURDER offers the most intimate portrait yet of a woman millions of readers thought they knew. They did not know the whole story. Until now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 294\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 09, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48716673941753,"sku":"9781970361261","price":35.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/JpGAC-sjys9781970361261.webp?v=1785070490","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/first-lady-of-murder-ann-rules-life-legacy-and-the-serial-killer-she-called-friend-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}