Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

I have read like, a LOT of serial killer fiction lately. I’m probably on a list somewhere now

The Naturalist (The Naturalist #1) by Andrew Mayne

Looking Glass (The Naturalist #2) by Andrew Mayne

Murder Theory (The Naturalist #3) by Andrew Mayne

Dark Pattern (The Naturalist #4) by Andrew Mayne

The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy The Shocking Inside Story by Ann Rule

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I enjoyed the hell out of this series — I downloaded the first one because Audible had it on some kind of special, and I ended up listening to all 4 books in less than three weeks. They reminded me a lot of Lincoln and Child’s Pendergast series — I loved these books about FBI agent Aloysius Pendergast when I was a teenager, and I have the sudden desire to reread them now that I’ve finished this series (book 4 does end of a cliffhanger, […]

The story of Randall Woodfield

The I-5 Killer by Ann Rule

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My library had a big selection of books about various serial killers on the audio book page a couple of months ago — I think it coincided with some release on Netflix. Anyway, I downloaded The I-5 Killer mostly because it didn’t have a hold list. And then I made the mistake of listening to it while running, mostly in Vegas, by myself. That, FYI, is a great way to give yourself the creeps. I had never heard of the I-5 Killer, Randall Woodfield, prior […]

Don’t Go Hitchhiking

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In the last few months I’ve been binging episodes of the My Favorite Murder podcast (which is super great if you like true crime and enjoy gabbing with girlfriends about it). In one of the earliest episodes the hosts mentioned Ann Rule’s book about Ted Bundy, The Stranger Beside Me, and I was immediately intrigued. Ted Bundy is one of those serial killers I know a little about and can actually remember related news stories and his execution. But I was 10 at the time […]

We’re All Strangers to Each Other

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In 1971 Ann Rule was a writer struggling to get by on articles for detective magazines. During her free time she volunteered at a Seattle Crisis Clinic, helping callers through their personal issues. Her partner during this time was Ted Bundy. Ann liked him immediately. They saw each other a little and were in contact some after leaving the crisis centre, and Ann would offer advice on his romantic life with his lost love, Stephanie. In 1974 there were attacks against young women and disappearances. […]

Yeesh.

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In Washington State in the early 80s, young women were going missing. Mostly young women who were at risk – runaways and sex workers – everyone seemed content to believe that they had simply moved elsewhere. But when bodies started to be found, first in the Green River that would give a killer his name and then in clusters in lonely camping spots, the truth could no longer be ignored. A serial killer was in their midst. The Green River Killer remained at large for […]

Why I’ll never help anyone with a broken limb

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I was about 8 or 9 years old when I first stumbled upon a book of my dad’s – an encyclopaedia of serial killers. Up until that point, I’d known that people died, whether that be through accident, illness, war or whatever, but it was this book that informed me that sometimes people died because someone enjoyed hurting them. Given that I’ve been reading about murder ever since, I’m amazed that thirty years later I’d still somehow never got around to reading The Stranger Beside […]



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