Trust. It's the foundation of any enduring relationship between friends, lovers, spouses, and families. But when trust is placed in those who are not what they seem, the results can be deadly. Ann Rule, who famously chronicled her own shocking experience of unknowingly befriending a sociopath in The Stranger Beside Me, offers a riveting, all-new collection from her true-crime files, with the lethally shattered bonds of trust at the core of each blood-soaked account.

But I trusted you -- Death in paradise: the haunting voyage of the Spellbound -- Sharper than a serpent's tooth -- Monohan's last date -- Run as fast as you can -- The deadly voyeur -- Dark forest: deep danger.