The I-5 Killer by Ann Rule, Andy Stack
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(Mass Market Paperback - REV)
- Pub. Date: March 1984
- 304pp
- Sales Rank: 15,266
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: March 1984
- Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
- Format: Mass Market Paperback, 304pp
- Sales Rank: 15,266
- ISBN-13: 9780451165596
- ISBN: 0451165594
- Edition Description: REV
Synopsis
As a young man, Randall Woodfield had it all--a star athlete, good looks, and an award-winning student. Working in the swinging West Coast bar scene, he had more than his share of women. But he wanted more than just sex. An appetite for unspeakable violent acts led him to cruise the I-5 highway through California to Washington, leaving a trail of victims along the way. As the list of the dead grew, the police mobilized to stop a twisted killer who had 44 known deaths to his name.
Praise for Ann Rule:
"Vivid...Extraordinary...A page-turner!"-- New York Times Book Review, for Small Sacrifices
"Rule has an instinct for suspense, knowing just what information to leak to the reader and when."-- Washington Post Book World, for Small Sacrifices
"A shattering story...carefully investigated, written with compassion but also with professional objectivity."-- Seattle Times, for The Stranger Beside Me
Biography
With a string of bestselling true crime books that are considered to be required reading in criminology classrooms across the country, Ann Rule has built a reputation on delivering tales more terrifying than fiction.
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Chilling true crime, but a little rough around the edgesby Anonymous
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June 13, 2007: The I-5 Killer was originally published under the pen name of ''Andy Stack'' but is now clearly noted that its author is Ann Rule. The book describes in great detail the crimes of Randall Woodfield who stalked women in Oregon and 2 other states in the 1970s/early '80s. Overall Rule does a very good job of covering the crimes and Woodfield's background. However, the book has uneven coverage of the victims and not as much insight from the police detectives as I had hoped to read. She also leaves readers dangling with hints that Woodfield killed up to 18 people (He was convicted on only a handful of violent crimes). I recommend I-5 Killer, but it is gory and left me somewhat unfulfilled.
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April 06, 2007: Do you enjoy true crime thrillers that will keep you on the edge of you seat? If you do then The I-5 Killer, written by Ann Rule as Andy Stack, is the perfect book for you. This true story is full of suspense, excitement, and action. This installment of Rule?s trilogy of writing as Andy Stack helps establish her as one of the greatest true crime authors of all time. Unlike many serial killers, Randall Brent Woodfield had a fairly normal childhood. But as it turned out, he was not who everyone thought he was. Woodfield had a history of non-violent sex crimes but they were not taken seriously, most likely because he was a football star and the hometown hero and the local police didn?t want to damage his reputation. After serving some time in prison, Woodfield was released and for no apparent reason went on a crime spree along the west coast, traveling on the I-5 Freeway. His crimes included rape, robbery, and murder. Rule is very detailed when describing the various incidents and does a good job of recreating the crime scenes. She is able to add suspense as well by using irony and flashbacks throughout the story. Woodfield is the typical former high-school football star turned ladies man. Rule does a fairly good job of describing his past and his previous offenses. She also does a fine job of describing the lead detective, Dave Kominek, and gives some useful information about him as well. Unlike the other true crime books that I have read, this is the first one that really spends a lot of time describing the detectives past and personality. This helped because it made him seem more human and less like a man without a heart. Going so deep into the history of Woodfield and Kominek did take up a substantial amount of the beginning of the book, but once the story gets going, it really is hard to put down. Even though I did enjoy the overall book, there were some things that I did not like. For example, I felt that the constant flashbacks and skipping back and forth from story to story got very confusing at times. Another element of the book that I was not very fond of was the court case. It takes up about a fourth of the book and seems to drag along. One more thing that I did not particularly enjoy was the graphic nature of the book. I was expecting a couple of graphic scenes but I did not know that they went into so much detail. I would have liked for there to have been some kind of warning and I do not suggest this book to anyone who has a weak stomach. But other than that, the book was great. If you enjoy suspenseful stories with plenty of twists and turns, do not hesitate to read The I-5 Killer by Ann Rule. For the most part, it will keep you entertained and interested. Don?t forget that you may not know your friends and neighbors as well as you think.
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