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When attorney Cheryl Keeton’s brutally bludgeoned body was found in her van in the fast lane of an Oregon freeway, her husband, Brad Cunningham, was the likely suspect. But there was no solid evidence linking him to the crime. He married again, for the fifth time, and his stunning new wife, a physician named Sara, adopted his three sons. They all settled down to family life on a luxurious estate. But gradually, their marriage became a nightmare....
In this gripping account of Cheryl’s murder, Ann Rule takes us from Brad’s troubled boyhood to one of the most bizarre trials in legal history, uncovering multiple marriages, financial manipulations, infidelities, and monstrous acts of harassment and revenge along the way. “A perceptive character analysis of a malignant, self-centered, charismatic con artist,” (Publishers Weekly) this is a fascinating and haunting tale.
Dead By Sunset is the extraordinary true story of a charismatic man adored by beautiful and brilliant women who always gave him what he wanted. But he wanted everything--sex, money, and their lives. How long would it take before he finally got what he deserved? A soon-to-be ABC-TV miniseries.
Publishers Weekly Rule provides a perceptive character analysis of a malignant, self-centered, charismatic con artist. It's a chilling, haunting portrait.
Dan Webster The Spokesman-Review (ID) The similarities with the O.J. case are compelling.
Ann Rule is a former Seattle policewoman and the author of more than two dozen New York Times bestsellers. 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. 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 website AnnRules.com.
The majority of Rule's books have hit the New York Times bestseller list, including six Crime Files series volumes: A Rage to Kill, In the Name of Love, the #1 bestseller A Fever in the Heart, You Belong to Me, A Rose for Her Grave, and The End of the Dream.
...And Never Let Her Go is her chilling account of the nationally renowned case of wife killer Thomas Capano; Bitter Harvest covers the case of Debora Green, a physician and mother driven to murder; the #1 bestseller If You Really Loved Me tells the true story of a millionaire's murderous alter ego; Everything She Ever Wanted is the story of a sociopathic Georgia socialite and her fatal attractions; Small Sacrifices is Rule's heartbreaking account of a woman who slaughtered her three young children. Perhaps her best-known and most compelling work, The Stranger Beside Me, is the fascinating tale of Rule's growing terror as she realized her friend and coworker, Ted Bundy, was a serial killer. Finally, the #1 New York Times bestseller Dead by Sunset tells the story of a charismatic killer and the women who loved him.
Generous and civic-minded when it comes to sharing her expertise and insights, Rule has testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee and often speaks to law enforcement agencies, including the FBI Academy. She also served on the U.S. Justice Department task force that set up VI-CAP -- the Violent Criminal Apprehension Program now in use at the FBI to trace and apprehend serial killers.
Rule's interest in criminology seems to run in the family: Her grandfather and an uncle were sheriffs, another uncle was a medical examiner, and her cousin was a district attorney.
| Part 1 | The Crime | 1 |
| Part 2 | Brad | 77 |
| Part 3 | Cheryl | 131 |
| Part 4 | Sara | 267 |
| Part 5 | Dana | 349 |
| Part 6 | A Civil Matter | 383 |
| Part 7 | The Criminal Trial | 465 |
| Afterword | 526 | |
| Acknowledgments | 529 |
ntrue10
Posted June 1, 2012
There isn't an Ann Rule book I didn't like, and this one is no exception. Brad Cunningham has to be the biggest nut job on the planet, and I have read so many true crime novels I can't begin to count them all..master manipulator in the strongest sense of the word!
Ann Rule gets people to talk- she is a thorough author, that always writes in a very easy to read and informative style. Hard to put down, this book is an attention grabber!
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Posted February 29, 2012
I love Ann Rule books but some are better than others, of course. I found this book very well written. It was pretty hard to put down. The human mind never ceases to amaze me. What causes a person to be so callous? Ann has done it again in "Dead by Sunset".
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Posted March 4, 2011
This is the first book by Ann Rule that I read after seeing the movie based on the book on Lifetime. I must say I have become hooked to books written by Ann Rule. She leaves no detail unturned. She is a great author!
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Posted January 7, 2010
Read this in two days--couldn't put it down. Very consuming. Thank God for justice.
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Posted February 11, 2000
from the first page to the last,this story was wonderfuly told.it tuged on my heart the way the author was able to tell about the way the victims friends come to help put away the killer.
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Posted May 11, 2011
Read this book one summer years ago. Loved it, kept my interest. Saw the movie years later so glad had read the book first.
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Posted February 20, 2011
As horrible as this is, it kept me interested. good read.
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Posted October 5, 2010
I saw the movie on Lifetime Time for Women and was so intrigued by it that I went and bought the book. Ann Rule does an outstanding job of giving the reader all the facts and giving personalities to the real life characters of her book. I couldn't put it down even though I had seen the movie there was SO much more in the book!
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Posted December 20, 2004
This book is extrordinarily engaging. Not only because the crime was so horrific, but because the character analysis of Brad Cunningham was so right on. As good as any psychiatrist's. I wish more young girls would read books like this so we would't have so many innocent victims of abuse and murder. I would like to teach a class on this subject. I was also engaged because I used to live close to the crime scene, the Sunset Highway in Portland, Oregon, and also in Lake Oswego, where Mr. Cunningham had one of his jobs. There are so many of these sociopaths and psycopaths among us. I am so thankful to Ann Rule for raising our consciousness to be aware. As my mother said, 'You can't be too careful out there.'
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Posted May 3, 2003
I didn't read this, but listened to it on tape, and am familiar with Ann Rule's true-crime books. The story is tragic, infuriating, and fascinating - it was sad that so many seemingly intelligent women fell under the spell of this man's evil charm. Sharon Gless's reading of the tale is excellent, imparting immediacy and excitement to the prose of a middling writer.
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Posted January 12, 2001
This was one of the best books I read. I couldn't put the book down. I loved how she wrote with such words and put u in the characters place and felt what they felt. It was such a great book that I read over a million times.
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Posted October 11, 2000
I first started the book it was my first Ann Rule book. It was a bit hard to get into but the deeper I got into it, I couldn't put it down! I remembered when I was little and that took place. The scarist part about was it is true!! It's so good!!!! I had to check out another one of her books!
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Posted March 26, 2013
This is one of my favorite Ann Rule books. Very well wtitten, great story telling.
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Posted January 25, 2013
This is the by far the best true crime book i have read, Ann Ruls you really out did yourself. Brad Cunningham you are the most evil, (so many others words for you) monster, what you did to everyone including your children is just beyond words.. thank God their mothers can teach them right from wrong. All but the mom you Brad took from three boys whom loved her dearly.. i dont understand how you could murder your childrens mother.. i pray you stay in prision .... Bn
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Posted September 29, 2012
Another great book from Ann Rule. Her writing style is awesome, there is no other way to describe it. It's heartbreaking to know what people are willing to do for money. Furthermore, how anger and rage will take over a person to do the despicable. If you enjoy reading True Crime, I highly recommend you read this book, it's a must, I could not set the book down. So good that I read as I worked out in the gym, before I knew it I two hour routine was over and I wasn't even tired because I was so in to the book.
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Posted November 29, 2002
Was one of the sons's a witness to their mother's murder by his father? This was mentioned several times and led you to believe that the child would testify, or that through psychotherapy would reveal the truth about this. Your appetite is whetted but at the conclusion of the book nothing about this is ever discovered. Also, you never are told about the boys and their feelings about the innocence or guilt of their father, or what happens to this man once he is incarcerated - how he fares, how he spends his time, whether he seeks endless appeals, or finally admits his guilt. I've read many of Ann Rules books and on this one was left hanging.
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Posted June 13, 2002
i am a big fan of ann rule books, i have also read the story about ted bundy. it was also good. the only thing about 'Dead by Sunset', was that i don't know if brad ever confessed. also, if he had one son with him on his 'laundry trip', did the son have to witness his mother's death?
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Overview
Newly reissued, the chilling true story of Bradly Morris Cunningham, the handsome and successful entrepreneur adored by five beautiful and brilliant women who gave him everything he ever wanted—including their very lives.
When attorney Cheryl Keeton’s brutally bludgeoned body was found in her van in the fast lane of an Oregon freeway, her husband, Brad Cunningham, was the likely suspect. But there was no solid evidence linking him to the crime. He married again, for the fifth ...