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The I-5 Killer | Ann Rule
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The story of the capture of Randall Woodfield, the I-5 serial killer who committed robberies, rapes, & murders along the I-5 corridor in the early 1980s. Woodfield started out as a promising athlete & was drafted by the Green Bay Packers, but it all came tumbling down due to his fixation with young women & misogyny.

OutsmartYourShelf Ann Rule definitely had a way with words, her true crime books are nearly always excellent reading. The ones I've read have been detail-orientated without being sensationalist about the crimes. This one does have some major triggers as the crimes are described in detail (gun violence, murder, sexual assault, & rape) including one incident which involves two young children. 4.5🌟 13h
Librarybelle I need to read more by Rule. I‘ve only read her Ted Bundy one, and that was years ago. 8h
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Most British people over the age of 25 have probably heard about this case - the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, a 3-year-old girl, from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in Portugal in May 2007. Left sleeping in the apartment alongside her two younger siblings, a group of parents decided to take it in turns in checking on their children throughout the evening rather than hire babysitters. (continued)

OutsmartYourShelf For several nights this had been without incident but on that night, Madeleine would be gone - never to be seen again (so far).

This is a book about the incident but also the subsequent investigations by both the Portuguese & British police. It is very much from the position that the McCanns were not involved in their daughter's disappearance & several alternatives are given including that Madeleine may have woken up & left the apartment in
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OutsmartYourShelf search of her parents & been unfortunate enough to encounter her kidnapper. It's as possible as other theories.

It's now been 17 years (this book was released in 2017) & the case is no further on & Madeleine has never been found. Something has never sat right about this case for me &, after reading this, I still feel the same. 3⭐

Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4613373503
Read 14th - 18th Nov 2025
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OutsmartYourShelf
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If you've ever wondered how you can drive yourself somewhere & yet not remember any of the journey, then this is the book for you. Alongside 40 or so other phenomena such as the Bystander Effect & Confirmation Bias, it also deals with how to spot the fallacies & ad hominems in your own & other people's arguments.

It was an interesting book, around 40 short chapters dealing with aspects of the human psyche & personality. (continued)

OutsmartYourShelf Can't say I agree with all of it, & there was a tendency to deal in absolutes, but it was thought-provoking. It probably works best as a book you can dip in & out of, rather than reading it straight through, as it does start to become samey if you do that.
3.5🌟

Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/778163981
Read 16th - 19th Nov 2025

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OutsmartYourShelf
Only at Ainsworth | Heather Lewis
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An author arrives for his appointment with an independent literary agent based in the Acheron Estate. The agency is run by one man & he seems rather eccentric, while the office itself is rather rundown & grubby. Still one shouldn't judge on first impressions......should one?

This was a very odd novella to start with. I wasn't sure what was happening in the first couple of chapters or where it was going to go, but it turned out to be (continued)

OutsmartYourShelf worth sticking with & one piece of the puzzle turns everything on its head. Told from several points of view, this was a strange, yet compulsive read. 3.25⭐

My thanks to #NetGalley, & the author for the opportunity to read an ARC.

Full Review (hidden TWs): https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7752044078
Read 14th - 15th Nov 2025

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