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The Stranger Beside Me
by Ann Rule
I can't imagine what it would be like to discover that a friend you loved and trusted was one of the most notorious killers in American history, but reading The Stranger Beside Me gives a glimpse into the cognitive dissonance that would come with having to reconcile yourself to that. We often wander how a killer's friends and family can stand by them and proclaim their innocence for so long against all odds, and Anne Rule shows us exactly how and why that happens. There is a danger in believing that the world is black and white, that people are all good or all bad, that the kind and witty friend you know couldn't also be the heinous killer. People are never just one thing. This book's strength, and one of the reasons it's remained a classic, isn't so much in it's storytelling or her writing, but in the reminder that everything is just shades of gray.