Practice to deceive / Ann Rule.
2014
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Title
Practice to deceive / Ann Rule.
Author
Rule, Ann, author.
Edition
First Pocket Books paperback edition.
ISBN
9781416544630 paperback
1416544631 paperback
1416544631 paperback
Published
New York : Pocket Books, 2014.
Copyright
©2013.
Language
English
Description
xvii, 396 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Call Number
Rule
Dewey Decimal Classification
364.152/30979775
Summary
"From the New York Times #1 bestselling author comes a riveting true-crime mystery set on a sleepy island in the Pacific Northwest: a man is murdered and the long list of suspects includes an aging beauty queen and her boyfriend. One wintery night on quiet Whidbey Island off the coast of Washington, Russ Douglas spent Christmas with his estranged wife, Brenna. She agreed to let him visit his children even though they were headed for divorce. He left Brenna Douglas's home in Langley on the morning of December 26, 2003 to run some errands. But hours passed and Russ didn't return home as he'd promised his children he would. Nor did he come back during the night. On the afternoon of December 27, a couple walking down a rural road noticed a vehicle in the driveway of a cabin. Since many of the places were vacant during the winter, neighbors kept an eye out for strangers. Curious, they walked up the cabin's driveway to check inside. They saw a man in the front seat, dead from a single gunshot wound to the head. They immediately put in a call to the Island County Sheriff's Office. The dead man was easily identified; it was Russell Douglas. But what came next in this homicide case surprised law enforcement and captured the attention of the entire town when the suspects included an aging beauty queen, her guitar-teacher lover, and Russell's widow, Brenna, owner of the local beauty salon. With her trademark aplomb, Ann Rule unravels the fascinating story of a murder, a small town, and a number of potential killers"-- Provided by publisher.
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Table of Contents
Foreword
Cast of characters
The body in the woods
Russ and Brenna
The investigation
Likely and unlikely suspects
Mark Plumberg
Peggy Sue Stackhouse
The Stackhouse family: 1963-2002
Arrest and punishment
Epilogue
Acknowledgments.
Cast of characters
The body in the woods
Russ and Brenna
The investigation
Likely and unlikely suspects
Mark Plumberg
Peggy Sue Stackhouse
The Stackhouse family: 1963-2002
Arrest and punishment
Epilogue
Acknowledgments.