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Small Sacrifices

byAnn Rule

Genres: Biography Crime True Crime

Who is this book for? Readers interested in true crime stories and psychological explorations of criminal behavior.

Topics FamilyJusticeSurvival

MoodSuspenseful, Dark

Female protagonist

ViolenceGraphic/Explicit

Somebody just shot my kids!' Diane Downs brought her car to a halt in front of a Springfield, Oregon, hospital, her three gravely wounded children beside her. Thus begins the shocking tale of a truly unthinkable crime that shattered the tranquility of a tight-knit community. As police searched for the 'shaggy-haried stranger' Diane accused of shooting 8-year-old Christie, 7-year-old Cheryl, and 3-year-old Danny in cold blood, a suspicion grew that was even more horrifying than the crime itself: Did Diane shoot her own children? A dedicated district attorney, haunted by this question, searched for the destructive forces that seemed to possess this beautiful young mother and uncovered a chronology of incest, psychological wounding, desperate affairs and surrogate motherhood.

Language

Published on

12/02/2004

Pages

624

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780751535563

Price Comparison

11.49 €

12.99 £

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