{"product_id":"perfect-victim-paperback","title":"Perfect Victim - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristine McGuire\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCarla Norton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"True crime at its most shocking, most harrowing, and . . . most thought-provoking.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1977 twenty-year-old Colleen Stan left home to hitchhike from Oregon to California. Seven years later she emerged from hell, the victim of a bizarre and extraordinary crime. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is Colleen's incredible true story, told by the determined young district attorney who prosecuted the man who had forced her to endure years of sexual perversion . . . and held her captive in a coffin-like box under his and his wife's bed. A story of riveting psychological intensity and gripping courtroom drama, \u003ci\u003ePerfect Victim \u003c\/i\u003ereveals the whole truth about Collen Stan's real-life nightmare . . . and the psychopath who enslaved her body and her mind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Horrifying!\"--The Cincinnati Post\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Hard to put down!\"--Chicago Tribune\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A gripping and disturbing story of the secret life of apparently normal people. At once, horrific and engrossing.\"--Vincent Bugliosi, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelter Skelter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristine McGuire\u003c\/b\u003e is a veteran prosecutor of murder cases in a California District Attorney's office. She has taught at the academy of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Quantico, Virginia. Her first book, \u003ci\u003ePerfect Victim, \u003c\/i\u003e a nonfiction account of a sexual enslavement case, was a #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarla Norton\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist and true crime writer. Her books include \u003ci\u003ePerfect Victim, Disturbed Ground, What Doesn't Kill Her, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Edge of Normal\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 370\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.05 x 6.75 x 4.16 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 15, 1989\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42687395823679,"sku":"9780440204428","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/9fea3deb57c1f616c0b318b5e85808f9.webp?v=1764978455","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/perfect-victim-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}