No Regrets: Ann Rule's Crime Files: Volume 11 (Ann Rule's Crime Files)

Pocket Star, 2006. Very Good+. Starred Review. Prolific and talented true crime author Rule proves her war ranted reputation as one of the genre's leading lights with the 11th entry in her Crime Files series. Two-thirds of the book is devoted to one case, t he disappearance of an elderly sea captain from his quiet community of Lope z Island in Washington State. As with many of the stories recounted in prev ious volumes, Rule succeeds in pulling the reader into a mystery that was l argely of local concern. With a novelist's skill, she brings to life the mi ssing Norwegian mariner, Rolf Neslund, and his difficult marriage to Ruth M yers, who became the prime suspect after he vanished without a trace. Handi capped by the absence of a corpse, the local authorities, inexperienced in homicide inquiries, doggedly persisted over years until justice was won. Th e richness of this case does have the unintended effect of rendering the sh orter sketches that follow--including the tale of a woman beaten into a com a, a murder victim found months after the fact and a young bank robber--les s compelling, but few genre fans will complain; the Neslund case speaks for itself, as does Rule's skill as a storyteller. (Nov.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Book Description A ship's pilot legendary for guiding mammoth freighters through the narrows of Puget Sound, Rolf Neslund was a proud Norwegian, a ladies' man, and a beloved resident of Washington State's idyllic Lopez Island. Virtually indestructible even into his golden years, he made electrifying headlines more than once: after a ship he was helming crashed into the s.