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    "description": "<p>She was his close friend and colleague. She thought she knew him well. But she didn't know the monster within&nbsp;...</p>\n<p>When Ann Rule and Ted Bundy became friends while working at a Seattle crisis clinic in 1971, she had no idea that her kind, charismatic co-worker would go on to become one of the world's most notorious serial killers, who confessed to murdering at least thirty-six women across America. In <em>The Stranger Beside Me</em>, Rule details not only her personal relationship with Bundy, but his life; covering everything from his complicated childhood to the media circus revolving around his trials, and his eventual execution. An unforgettable work of research, journalism and personal memories, <em>The Stranger Beside Me</em> defies the expectation that we would know if a monster walked among us.</p>",
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