Practice to Deceive

From her chilling personal account of knowing Ted Bundy to sixteen collections in her #1 bestselling Crime Files seriesAnn Rule is a legendary true crime writer. Here, in Practice to Deceive, Rule unravels a shattering case of Christmastime murder off the coast of Washington Statepresented with the clarity, authority, and emotional depth that Rules readers expect. Nestled in Puget Sound, Whidbey Island is a gem of the Pacific Northwest. Life there is low-key, and the islands year-round residents tend to know one anothers business. But when the blood-drenched body of Russel Douglas was discovered the day after Christmas in his SUV the whole island was shocked. At first, police suspected suicide, tragically common at the height of the holiday season. But when they found no gun in or near the SUV, Russels manner of death became homicide.