The Second In Ann Rule’s True Crime Files
Review by Kim Cantrell
True crime’s most known author Ann Rule is one of my favorites, so I hate to say that You Belong to Me and Other True Cases: Volume 2 was the first of her books that I found myself skimming many of the pages.
Rule begins with the title story, You Belong To Me, about Tim Harris, Florida Highway Patrol officer who kills an innocent woman out of rage because his wife is divorcing him and his mistress is getting smart to his lying, cheating ways.
It’s really an amazing story and quite humorous, in a twisted way, that this highly commended officer should end up committing a series perverse acts and serious crimes.
After reading the good cop turned bad story, however, the short stories seem to be tossed in as only an afterthought.
While I won’t go into details here – giving even a synopsis would leave nothing to look forward to should you decide to read this book – I was very disappointed that one story was actually about a case that had been investigated as a murder but ended up only being a auto accident.
Somewhat interesting….for Reader’s Digest, maybe, but not a Ann Rule true cime book.
Do I recommend You Belong to Me and Other True Cases: Volume 2? Let’s such say that it’s not so horrendous for me to put Ann Rule on a “Do Not Read” list but not good enough for me to encourage to rush out and get it right now either.
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Updates from this book:
Former Florida Trooper Timothy Scott Harris is currently imprisoned at Florida’s South Bay Correctional Facility as inmate number 139009. According to Ann Rule’s Newsletter Updates, he has remarried an older, wealthier woman during his incarceration.
