About this title: True-crime specialist Rule here examines the murder of Chris Northon in 2000. Northon's wife, Liysa, was convicted of the crime, though she claimed that she shot him in self defense. Rule delves into Liysa's past (both real and manufactured), looks at the claims of Chris's family, and pieces together the events that lead the pair, along with one of their children, to a fatal conclusion in remote area in the woods of Oregon.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Free Press
Date Published: 10/2003
ISBN-13:9780743202985ISBN:0743202988
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 379 p. Contains: Illustrations. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Pocket Books
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780743410137ISBN:0743410130
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Light edge and corner wear. Tight binding. Previous owner's name and comment inside. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 447 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Pocket Books
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780743410137ISBN:0743410130
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Light edge and corner wear. No marks. Tight binding. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 447 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Very good in good dust jacket. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 447 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Pocket Books
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780743410137ISBN:0743410130
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Clean pages, no marks or tears, mild reading wear, spine stands little crooked, creases on spine, all pages intact, corners/edges bumped/chipped, solid. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 447 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
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Description: Good. 0743410130 Good condition paperback book, some creases to spine, some edge/corner rubs, may have corner crease, small edge tear or spine slant, a good book for reading. Shop & Save With US. read more
Description: Good. 0743410130 Good condition paperback book, some creases to spine, some edge/corner rubs, may have corner crease, small edge tear or spine slant, a good book for reading. Shop & Save With US. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Free Press
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780743202985ISBN:0743202988
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Pocket, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780743410137ISBN:0743410130
Description: Good. 0743410130 Mass market paperback, previously read used book in good condition, varying degrees of shelf wear, some spine creases, m..._ read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Free Press
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780743202985ISBN:0743202988
Description: Good. No dust jacket. Remains of a sticker on inside front cover, solid book with clean pgs, book shows shelf, edge & corner wear with scuffing. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 400 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Pocket Books, New York
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780743410137ISBN:0743410130
Description: Good. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Good clean flat paperback with only very light overall wear. light edge rubbing. pages clean and unmarked. read more
"This true crime story took place in Bend, Oregon and Hawaii. A young mother of two is accused of shooting her third husband in the head and while they were on a camping trip in Oregon. The prosecution had an easy time of proving the Liysa Northon was guilty because she left her murder plan on her personal computer. The computer was reported stolen but in fact the computer had been taken by friends and not destroyed. At this point Liysa Northon is spending twelve years in prison without parol and will be released in 2013. Her two children will be in their 20s and 30s. The children have been raised by Liysa's second husband and the father of the older child. It took me a long time to read this book. I think I will read books other than true crime in the future."
"Tells of a women that lies her way through life and disposes men when they no longer fit her needs. She killed one man and lied about it, but her lies caught up to her and hurt her kids and other families."
"This book proved to me that I set a very high bar for Ann Rule, who is my favorite true crime author. Written by anyone else, it would probably be a good enough book. But "good enough" just doesn't cut it, in my opinion, when it comes to Ms. Rule.
Maybe I just didn't connect to the persons in this book but I didn't feel invested in the story at all. I read the book in its entirety but more so out of dedication to Ms. Rule than the merits of the book.
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