This helps to keep them from just being anonymous murder victims, but only for so long. So, that leaves almost the entire book to be filled with victims – 48 known.Rule/the publisher opted to introduce each missing woman with a small photo of her (if available) before the entry about her disappearance and addition to the GRK list. But there isn’t much “investigation” after 1990.
Rule outlines several failed suspect investigations, burial sites discoveries and introduces investigators as they join and leave the task force.
The murders were first discovered in the early 1980’s and almost all of the book focuses on those years. So, I can only compare it to Small Sacrifices, and it comes up lacking.The main problem with the book is the twenty years it took to catch the Green River Killer. It’s her 23rd book, and I’ve not read those in between. I happened to have this book on my shelf and decided to give it go. I read a few true crime books in subsequent years, but only just now jumped back in to the genre. From seeking the help of incarcerated serial killer Ted Bundy to Ann Rule's horrifying realization that the killer she was writing about had attended her book signings, Green River, Running Red is the suspenseful and unforgettable "definitive narrative of the brutal and senseless crimes that haunted the Seattle area for decades" ( Publishers Weekly).Years ago, I read Small Sacrifices and was impressed with how well Rule clearly laid of the case, centered the story on the victims and investigators, and kept the timeline from becoming confusing. With her signature riveting prose and in-depth research, Ann Rule takes us behind the scenes of the search for the Green River Killer, a terrifying specter who ritualistically killed young women and eluded authorities for years. Authorities have no idea that this tragic and violent death is only the beginning of a string of murders that will rock and terrify the Seattle area for two decades.
In 1982, the body of Wendy Coffield is discovered floating near the sandy shore of Washington's Green River. In this provocative and eye-opening classic of investigative journalism, the #1 New York Times bestselling author and "America's best true-crime writer" ( Kirkus Reviews), Ann Rule, explores the nearly twenty-year long search for America's most prolific and horrifying serial killer.
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