{"product_id":"first-lady-of-murder-ann-rules-life-legacy-and-the-serial-killer-she-called-friend-9781970361278","title":"First Lady Of Murder: Ann Rule's Life, Legacy, and the Serial Killer She Called Friend","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wildblue Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/09\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781970361278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.62d","brand":"Cathy Scott","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52774329876661,"sku":"9781970361278","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/first-lady-of-murder-ann-rules-life-legacy-and-the-serial-killer-she-called-friend-9781970361278","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}