Small Sacrifices: A True Story of Passion and Murder by Ann Rule (English) Mass

Description: Small Sacrifices: A True Story of Passion and Murder by Ann Rule In the bestselling tradition of In Cold Blood, The Stranger Beside Me, and Fatal Vision, comes Small Sacrifices, the harrowing, headline-breaking story of Diane Downs, a woman so desperate for love and attention that she would attempt to murder her three children to please a man who wanted none. "A work of resonance and revelation with breath-stopping tension to the end".—Kirkus Reviews. FORMAT Mass Market Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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. Back Cover "Somebody just shot my kids!" Diane Downs brought her car to a halt in front of a Springfield, Oregon, hospital, her three gravely wounded children beside her. Thus begins the shocking tale of a truly unthinkable crime that shattered the tranquility of a tight-knit community. As police searched for the "shaggy-haired stranger" Diane accused of shooting 8-year-old Christie, 7-year-old Cheryl, and 3-year-old Danny in cold blood, a suspicion grew that was even more horrifying than the crime itself: Did Diane shoot her own children? A dedicated district attorney, haunted by this question, searched for the destructive forces that seemed to possess this beautiful young mother and uncovered a chronology of incest, psychological wounding, desperate affairs, and surrogate motherhood. Ann Rules gripping, powerful, and ultimately terrifying true story of passion and murder will hold you in thrall as it plumbs the unimagined depths of darkness concealed within a human being. Author Biography Ann Rule is the author of more than two dozen "New York Times" bestsellers, all of them still in print. A former Seattle police officer, she knows the crime scene firsthand. She is a certified instructor for police training seminars and lectures frequently to law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and forensic science organizations, including the FBI. For more than two decades, she has been a powerful advocate for victims of violent crime. She has testified before U.S. Senate Judiciary subcommittees on serial murder and victims rights, and was a civilian adviser to the VI-CAP (Violent Crimina Review Praise for Small Sacrifices "Vivid...extraordinary...A page-turner."--The New York Times Book Review "A harrowing pathological portrait, a nearly unthinkable triple-murder plot, a hold-your-breath police procedural and a tale of dedication and compassion all superbly combined to produce the most riveting true-crime account since In Cold Blood."--Kirkus Reviews "A detailed, probing inquiry....From start to finish, Rules account informatively unweaves the sad features of Downss life and gives a moving description of the human side of law enforcement."--Boston Herald "Excellent....One of the most detailed studies of a sociopath to dignify the true-crime circuit."--The San Francisco Chronicle "Superb...[a] riveting detective story...as good a page-turner as any fictional murder mystery."--Indianapolis Star Review Quote Praise for Small Sacrifices "Vivid...extraordinary...A page-turner."-- The New York Times Book Review "A harrowing pathological portrait, a nearly unthinkable triple-murder plot, a hold-your-breath police procedural and a tale of dedication and compassion all superbly combined to produce the most riveting true-crime account since In Cold Blood ."-- Kirkus Reviews "A detailed, probing inquiry....From start to finish, Rules account informatively unweaves the sad features of Downss life and gives a moving description of the human side of law enforcement."-- Boston Herald "Excellent....One of the most detailed studies of a sociopath to dignify the true-crime circuit."-- The San Francisco Chronicle "Superb...[a] riveting detective story...as good a page-turner as any fictional murder mystery."-- Indianapolis Star Excerpt from Book CHAPTER 1 May 19, 1983 It had been, if not a quiet night, at least a normal night for the Springfield Police Department. Cops know that hot weather encourages impromptu parties and triggers family beefs. The SPD log for that twenty-four-hour period lists the expected ration of trouble between a quarter after ten and twenty minutes to eleven Thursday night. An anonymous caller complained at 10:16 p.m. about a party on North First Street. "RP [reporting party] called to report a loud party in the above area. Unit dispatched. Responsibles contacted. Noise abated. Subjects to depart the area." "Suspicious conditions" were reported-again anonymously-at 10:22 p.m. "RP reported hearing a small child crying. Unit dispatched. Involved parties contacted, found to be a dispute between children. No crime involved." At 10:32 the call was a bit more serious. "RP called to report a male/female verbal dispute in the apartment complex on North Seventeenth. Male half reported to be carrying rifle. Units dispatched. Charged with menacing. Lodged Lane County Jail." At the headquarters of the Lane County Sheriffs Office in Eugene, Sheriff Dave Burkss officers were also pulling a fairly quiet shift. Rob Rutherford was the graveyard shift sergeant; Detective Lieutenant Louis Hince would be on call for anything that might require his detectives; thirty-one-year-old Doug Welch was at home in Springfield with his wife, Tamara, and two young sons. Richard Blaine Tracy (of course, "Dick Tracy") was a year away from retirement after twenty-six years as a cop, and he would be just as happy if nothing heavy came down before he left. Divorced, Tracy was getting ready for bed alone in his Eugene apartment. Kurt Wuest was away at a training seminar that Thursday night. Roy Pond was working days. Assistant DA Fred Hugi, radio and television turned off, was reveling in the quiet of a perfect spring evening at his lodgelike home set far back in the forest along the McKenzie River. It was a different life out there in the woods, and he was a different man. He wore frayed jeans and battered logging boots as he planted seedlings to thicken even more the forest outside his windows. Joanne Hugi, co-director of the computer center at the University of Oregon, was lost in concentration in her computer room. It made her husband smile; he, who had degrees in forestry, finance, and law, had been baffled by the single computer course hed attempted, and hed challenged Joanne to try it. She had proved to be a natural, understanding terms and concepts that eluded him. Hugi gave up on computers, but Joanne flew with them, higher and higher. He was extremely proud of her. Shed worked her way up at the university from an entrance level job to the top. The sun set long before 10 p.m., and Hugi paused to look at the filigree of tree branches silhouetted against the last bit of sky before he took his dirt-caked boots off and went inside. The Hugis two cats sat on the deck, alert, staring at the glowing eyes of something-probably a deer or raccoon-out there in the woods. The Hugis had come to this perfect spot along the McKenzie after years of living in the kind of apartments students could afford in the city. It was well worth the half-hour commute into Eugene. Sometimes, they could hear logging trucks zooming by far away on the road, but usually they heard only the wind in the trees, or rain, or the cry of a nighthawk. The bad call came into the Springfield Police Department at 10:40 p.m.: Details ISBN0451166604 Author Ann Rule Short Title SMALL SACRIFICES Pages 494 Publisher Signet Book Language English ISBN-10 0451166604 ISBN-13 9780451166609 Media Book Format Mass Market Paperback DEWEY 364.152 Illustrations Yes Year 2003 Publication Date 2003-06-30 Series Signet Imprint Penguin Books Ltd Country of Publication United States Alternative 9780743546119 Residence Seattle, WA, US Subtitle A True Story of Passion And Murder DOI 10.1604/9780451166609 Audience General/Trade UK Release Date 2003-06-01 NZ Release Date 1988-07-04 AU Release Date 1988-07-04 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:2614316;

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