| Small Sacrifices: The Shocking True Crime Case of Diane Downs Contributor(s): Rule, Ann (Author) |
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ISBN: 0451166604 ISBN-13: 9780451166609 Publisher: Berkley Books OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: July 1988 Annotation: In the bestselling tradition of In Cold Blood, The Stranger Beside Me, and Fatal Vision, comes Small Sacrifices, the harrowing, headline-breaking story of Diane Downs, a woman so desperate for love and attention that she would attempt to murder her three children to please a man who wanted none. "A work of resonance and revelation with breath-stopping tension to the end".--Kirkus Reviews. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - True Crime | Murder - General - Biography & Autobiography | Criminals & Outlaws - Psychology | Psychopathology - General |
| Dewey: 364.152 |
| Physical Information: 1.13" H x 4.6" W x 6.82" (0.53 lbs) 496 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest - Geographic Orientation - Oregon |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Stranger Beside Me comes a shocking true crime account of the destructive forces that drove a beautiful young mother to shoot her three young children in cold blood. "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 tale of a truly unthinkable crime that shattered the tranquility of a tight-knit community. As police searched for the "shaggy-haired stranger" Diane accused of shooting 8-year-old Christie, 7-year-old Cheryl, and 3-year-old Danny, a suspicion grew that was even more horrifying than the crime itself: Did Diane shoot her own children? Haunted by this question, a dedicated district attorney searched for the answer and uncovered a chronology of incest, psychological wounding, desperate affairs, and surrogate motherhood. Ann Rule's gripping, powerful, and ultimately terrifying true story of passion and murder will hold you in thrall as it plumbs the unimagined depths of darkness concealed within a human being. |