Heart Full of Lies: A True Story of Desire and Death

Ann Rule

Simon and Schuster, Sep 28, 2004 - True Crime - 480 pages

An idyllic Hawaiian wedding held the promise of a wonderful future for handsome, athletic Chris Northon, an airline pilot, a confirmed bachelor-turned-devoted family man; and Liysa, an acclaimed surf photographer, loving mother, and aspiring Hollywood screenwriter. But few, including Chris, had seen Liysa's other side -- her controlling behavior and dark moods, her insatiable hunger for money and property. And no one anticipated the fatal outcome of a family camping trip in an Oregon forest. Liysa soon revealed herself as a victim of domestic abuse that culminated at the campsite, where she shot Chris in self-defense. But crime scene evidence led detectives to wonder if Liysa was a killer, not a victim. Her controversial trial stunned all who thought they knew her. A lifetime of sociopathic manipulations and lies had been expertly hidden behind her façade of perfection -- as was her rage to destroy any obstacle to her ultimate happiness, even if it was the man she vowed to love forever.

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I live in the area(s) that this non-fiction book was written about (where the murder occurred), so it was interesting to hear the reader tell the story. I could visualize the scenery where this crime ...

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Every now and then, police and investigators are thrown a curve ball: a case not as cut and dry as it first appears on the surface. In "Heart Full of Lies," Ann Rule relates just such a bizarre tale ...

Contents

• Section 1: 1
• Section 2: 36
• Section 3: 59
• Section 4: 62
• Section 5: 148
• Section 6: 226
• Section 7: 226
• Section 8: 226
• Section 9: 226
• Section 10: 226
• Section 11: 226
• Section 12: 226
• Section 13: 226
• Section 14: 226
• Section 15: 226
• Section 16: 226
• Section 17: 226
• Section 18: 226
• Section 19: 248
• Section 20: 272
• Section 21: 382
• Section 22: 405
• Section 23: 421
• Section 24: 445
• Section 25: 451
• Section 26: 467

About the author

Ann Rule is the author of more than two dozen New York Times bestsellers, all of them still in print. A former Seattle police officer, she knows the crime scene firsthand. She is a certified instructor for police training seminars and lectures frequently to law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and forensic science organizations, including the FBI. For more than two decades, she has been a powerful advocate for victims of violent crime. She has testified before U.S. Senate Judiciary subcommittees on serial murder and victims' rights, and was a civilian adviser to the VI-CAP (Violent Criminal Apprehension Program). A graduate of the University of Washington, she holds a Ph.D. in Humane Letters from Willamette University. She lives near Seattle and can be contacted through her Web page at www.annrules.com.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Heart Full of Lies: A True Story of Desire and Death
• Author: Ann Rule
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Simon and Schuster, 2004
• ISBN: 0743410130, 9780743410137
• Length: 480 pages
• Subjects: True Crime / General; True Crime / Murder / General