<b>From the #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Stranger Beside Me</i> 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. <p/></b>"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. <p/>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.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Ann Rule<br><b>Publisher:</b> Berkley Books<br><b>Published:</b> 07/05/1988<br><b>Pages:</b> 496<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.53lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 6.82h x 4.60w x 1.13d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780451166609<br><b>Age Range:</b> 18-UP<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><b>Ann Rule</b> wrote thirty-five <i>New York Times<