Small Sacrifices by Ann Rule (1988, Paperback, Reissue)

This is the first Ann Rule book I read 13yrs ago & it made me a fan for life. I live in the midwest so I get a peek at cases I've never heard of and she writes & researches her books so well you feel like you were with the killer her whole life. This book is very sad & will make you wonder how some people can be so stupid,selfish & just pure evil. This is one of the saddest books I've ever read.

Another page turner by Ann Rule that is so hard to put down! I read this book about 10 years ago, and I was just as enthralled and engrossed by every word reading it again for the second time around! :) Ann Rule is amazing - you absolutely won't be sorry if you purchase this book! This book is still her best work ever! I can't wait to read it for the third time!

I have read this book before and saw the movie. The reason that I had bought it again was that the original was in a house fire. The seller went it to me in great shape and in good time.

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The book came in good shape but it gave me a bit of a scare. This was the only book that my son asked for for Christmas and it ended up getting to me on Christmas Eve. I was in a panic as what to do for a substitution. I ordered it about 3 weeks before Christmas.

Ann Rule is the best true crime writer of all time. I have read all of her books and just purchased her new one "Mortal Danger". Ann leaves you in suspense the whole time while reading which makes it really hard to put a book of hers down once you start reading it. I have read "Small Sacrifices" a long time ago and when I saw it on Ebay I had to get it and read it again. It is, of course, excellently written and again a hard to put down story. What Diane Downs does to her children is incredible and unbelievable and Ann gets to the heart of all of it and really puts you right there, during the trial, the children's recovery, Diane's escape, and capture. It is a must read for any true crime lover and I recommend all of Ann Rule's books.

Another well documented true-crime book by Ann Rule. Ms. Rule focuses on the psychological aspects of aberrant behaviour, not the gory details, which makes for thought-provoking analysis of our culture. An informative read from one of the best true-crime writers of our generation.

I read many true crime writers books, but Ann Rule is by far one of the very best writer's of true crimes. She is one person that will take you into the view and life of the victim, which for the most part is not the norm.
Over the years it's been the Murderer's in the true crime history that is widely reviewed and completely broken down piece by piece, so that we can, the best way that we can, try to understand or atleast attempt to what makes that type of personality tick. So, it always has been the killer that everyone remembers the name of and the where and the how's of...but, Ann Rule, take all of that and pulls it a step further, while she tries to also look into the aspect of the crime, she also brings us closer to the victim and the loved one's left behind in such a way that you feel so close to it as you are reading, that you definately want to follow up on these people and their lives down the road after their terrible ordeals.
She is one of the only Author's that I have ever seen keep a web page just for that type of follow up also, so that we might look into what is happening to the family members now. Also making it possibly for any of us to reach out to the victims families and let them know that they are not alone in there search for understanding as to why these horrible things even so much as exist in our world and must deal with day to day.
She also keeps us informed of the very people that put their lives on the line every single day to try to keep us all safe and the one's who also adjudicate all of the trials also.
In any case, I believe that Ann Rule may very well be the best True Crime writer we have at this date and time. And possibly the best one of the past twenty years also...and she is writting more for us still to read. I believe everyone that enjoys reading and also enjoys true crime books to make sure that they put Ann Rules' books at the top of their list to add to their personal library. This particular book was about Diane Downs and the tragic killing of her three children called "Small Sacrifices", but she has a total of 30 books to my knowledge and only one isn't a true crime book, it is her tribute to Seatle and a Coffee Table book, but the other 29 are sensational. The last of her true crime books is called "Omnibus", which is three of her books put into one single jacket, all of which, I have already read, so that particular one, I did not buy...but if I ever found out that it had more to it than just those three stories, I would, because she is just that good of a writer that I wouldn't want to miss any of her crime files writings.