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Small Sacrifices a True Story of Passion & Murder

by Ann Rule

ISBN13: 9780451166609
ISBN10: 0451166604
Condition: Standard

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Ann Rule's shocking and powerful account of the destructive forces that drove Diane Downs, a beautiful young mother, to shoot her three young children in cold blood.

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Ann Rule has drawn on her experience as a former policewoman to become one of America’s top true-crime writers. The author of over 1,000 articles and numerous books, she has lectured widely to law-enforcement schools and agencies. She has also serves as a consultant to the FBI’s Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (VI-CAP), which is used to track and apprehend violent criminals. Her bestselling books, Lust Killer, The Want-Ad Killer, The I-5 Killer, and Small Sacrifices, are available in Signet editions.

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`	Deb Rhodes , September 16, 2014 (view all comments by Deb Rhodes) In this true story of obsessive love, Diane Downs does the unthinkable. She shoots her children in an attempt to work things out with her married lover, who has made it plain he doesn't want any kids. Anne Rule is at her best as she takes us through the harrowing night that tragedy strikes Diane's children, and how it effects everyone around them, from their grandparents to the medical personnel trying to save their young lives, to the detectives who work so tirelessly to win justice on behalf of the children. This is a chilling read, for it examines the heart, mind and motives of a woman living without a conscience or moral compass.
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ISBN:: 9780451166609
Binding:: Mass Market
Publication date:: 07/05/1988
Publisher:: PENGUIN PUTNAM TRADE
Pages:: 496
Height:: 1.13IN
Width:: 4.60IN
Thickness:: 1.25
Age Range:: 18 and up
Grade Range:: 13 and up
Number of Units:: 1
Illustration:: Yes
Series Volume:: V
Author:: Ann Rule
Subject:: Downs, Diane
Subject:: Criminals
Subject:: Crime and criminals
Subject:: Murderers - Oregon - Springfield
Subject:: Biography
Subject:: Trials
Subject:: Trials (Murder) -- Oregon -- Eugene.
Subject:: Crime - True Crime
Subject:: Trials (Murder)

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