Ted Bundy was everyone's picture of a natural winner-handsome, charming, brilliant in law school, successful with women, and on the verge of a dazzling career. On January 24, 1989, Ted Bundy was executed for the murders of three young women; he had also taken the lives of at least thirty-five more women from coast to coast. This is a story written by a woman who thought she knew Ted Bundy-until she began to pull all the evidence together, and the whole, terrifying picture emerged from the dark.

Ann Rule has drawn on her experience as a former policewoman to become one of America’s top true-crime writers. She is the author of over 1,000 articles and numerous books, and has lectured widely to law-enforcement schools and agencies. Ms. Rule has also served as a consultant to the FBI’s Violent Criminal Apprehension Program, which is used to track and apprehend violent criminals.