{"id":16807,"date":"2022-05-04T07:00:45","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T11:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/?p=16807"},"modified":"2022-05-01T13:23:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-01T17:23:00","slug":"review-lust-killer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-lust-killer\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Lust Killer by Ann Rule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16808\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-lust-killer\/lustkiller\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/lustkiller.jpg?fit=333%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"333,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"lustkiller\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/lustkiller.jpg?fit=333%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-16808\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/lustkiller.jpg?resize=233%2C350&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cover of Lust Killer by Ann Rule\" width=\"233\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/lustkiller.jpg?resize=233%2C350&amp;ssl=1 233w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/lustkiller.jpg?w=333&amp;ssl=1 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 85vw, 233px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Lust-Killer-Updated-Ann-Rule\/dp\/0451166876\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=23FGBMGQN3KZ7&amp;keywords=lust+killer+ann+rule+book&amp;qid=1645388363&amp;sprefix=lust+killer+ann%2Caps%2C212&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Lust Killer\u00a0<\/i>by Ann Rule<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Berkley (May 2022)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>288 pages; paperback $12.00; e-book $6.99<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Reviewed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HaleyNewlin22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Haley Newlin<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;In the face of cruel madness, calm, sane steps must be taken.&#8221; &#8211; Ann Rule<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ann Rule once again proves she is the exemplar of true crime books. After reading Rule&#8217;s\u00a0<em>The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy: The Shocking Inside Story,\u00a0<\/em>one of her most famous and intimately written true crime tales, I knew I had to read more of her work.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Admittedly, I expected not to be nearly as hooked on<em>\u00a0Lust Killer<\/em>\u00a0as I had been with Rule&#8217;s Ted Bundy story, fearing that some of the rapport of the latter would create far too great a void.<\/p>\n<p>I did miss the elicited letters and strange phone calls Rule included in <em>The Stranger Beside Me.\u00a0<\/em>However,\u00a0<em>Lust Killer<\/em>\u00a0makes up for it in criminal and psychological theory, witness\/victim accounts, and as always, Rule&#8217;s profound attention to detail and evocation of emotion. In the case of Jerry Brudos, or &#8220;The Lust Killer,&#8221; Rule demonstrates a spine-tingling, maddening web of terror while still harnessing the immense, crushing weight of loss and law enforcement&#8217;s desperation.<\/p>\n<p>Jerry Brudos, an irascible serial killer, noted for his strange obsession with women&#8217;s high-heeled shoes, panties, bras, and slips, at times, aligned with the monstrous yet brilliant mind of Ted Bundy. I found the parallels disturbing and damning &#8212; highlighting the notion that while the lust killer is a breed unto himself, he creates, he lurks, and he&#8217;s infinite.<\/p>\n<p>The bloody threads of serial murder didn&#8217;t end with Bundy and Brudos but did continue to create a shared language and improvement in detective and criminal processes. With a genuine and intelligent voice, Rule captured the <em>modus operandi<\/em> of Brudos &#8212; bludgeoning and strangling victims, photographing them pre- and post-mortem, dressing them in his collections of ladies&#8217; garments, especially shoes, and taking limbs as grisly trophies.<\/p>\n<p>Rule also explores the juggernaut of perversion in which Brudos, or &#8220;The Shoe Fetish Slayer,&#8221; evolved &#8212; beginning with Brudos&#8217;s resentment toward women, manifesting (of course) from his mother. It&#8217;s interesting to see how mothers, especially of male criminals, shape a killer&#8217;s victim profile and M.O.<\/p>\n<p>I believe that law enforcement now understands hatred of women as a crucial indicator of a serial killer because of Rule&#8217;s writing.<\/p>\n<p>Overall,\u00a0<em>Lust Killer<\/em> is a must-read for true-crime readers and anyone with a burning, morbid curiosity about the inner mechanics of a grossly unhinged mind of a killer.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m looking forward to reading\u00a0<em>The I-5 Killer<\/em>\u00a0soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lust Killer\u00a0by Ann Rule\u00a0 Berkley (May 2022) 288 pages; paperback $12.00; e-book $6.99 Reviewed by\u00a0Haley Newlin &#8220;In the face of cruel madness, calm, sane steps must be taken.&#8221; &#8211; Ann Rule Ann Rule once again proves she is the exemplar of true crime books. 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