Worth More Dead: And Other True Cases

This tenth entry in a series by master true-crime writer Ann Rule collects real-life tales of murderous sociopaths, ostensibly charming but secretly narcissistic, selfish individuals who commit their crimes without the slightest hint of remorse. The title story, the longest in the book, recounts the tangled history of Roland Pitre who, over a period of 25 years, most likely murdered his girlfriend's husband, paid someone to kill his first wife, robbed his second wife, and attempted to kidnap his stepson. Other cases include the story of a rapist who intended to murder his victims so that they couldn't identify him; the account of how a woman's obsession with her former lover, a married man 40 years her senior, led to a deadly shootout in a parking lot; and the tragedy of a woman who vanished after she announced plans to leave her controlling husband.

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