Empty Promises by Ann Rule

Empty Promises (Ann Rule True Crime, Crime Files Vol. 7)

A Seventh Casebook of Love, Obsession and Betrayal from America's Best-Known True Crime Writer

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Empty Promises: and Other True Cases
• Author: Ann Rule
• Publisher: Time Warner Paperbacks, London
• Publication Date: 2000
• ISBN-13: 9780751531060
• ISBN-10: 0751531065
• Edition Details: Time Warner Paperbacks reprint, 2004, of the Warner Books UK paperback edition. Crime Files Series, Volume 7.
• Binding: Publisher's illustrated paperback wrappers, perfect bound.
• Physical Format: Mass market paperback, approximately 180 x 110 mm. No maps or plates.
• Language: English

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Very Good Plus (VG+)
• Exterior / Wraps: The cream and black illustrated wrappers, with a pink ring motif, are clean and slightly glossy. The spine is intact and legible but shows a few faint white crease lines. Corners and edges are clean, with no tears.
• Interior: The text block is clean, solid and tightly bound, and the book opens without cracking. The page edges are evenly tanned, as expected of a paperback of this era. No foxing, stains, writing or markings.
• The Dust Jacket: Not Applicable (As Issued)

Synopsis & Historical Value

Empty Promises and Other True Cases is the seventh volume in Ann Rule's Crime Files series. It gathers cases drawn from her personal files, all concerned with love and relationships that turned violent.

The title case centres on the union of Steve Sherer and Jami Hagel. Around it sit ten tales from the American Northwest, among them an affair that ruined a marriage, stalkers, a missing person's case solved through forensic science, and prison conjugal visits. Each examines what happens when promises are broken.

A collectible used copy for readers and collectors of Ann Rule and of modern true crime writing.

Author Profile: Ann Rule

Ann Rule (1935-2015) was born Ann Stackhouse in Lowell, Michigan, and took a BA in creative writing at the University of Washington. She worked briefly for the Seattle Police Department before poor eyesight ended that career, wrote under the name Andy Stack, and became a full-time writer in 1969.

Her debut, The Stranger Beside Me (1980), told of her acquaintance with Ted Bundy. Other notable works include Green River, Running Red and Want-Ad Killer. Her honours include the Peabody Award and Anthony Awards, and about twenty million copies of her books have sold.