--- product_id: 19085047 title: "The Want Ad Killer" brand: "ann rule" price: "NZ$26" currency: NZD in_stock: false reviews_count: 12 url: https://www.desertcart.nz/products/19085047-the-want-ad-killer store_origin: NZ region: New Zealand --- # The Want Ad Killer **Brand:** ann rule **Price:** NZ$26 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Want Ad Killer by ann rule - **How much does it cost?** NZ$26 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.nz](https://www.desertcart.nz/products/19085047-the-want-ad-killer) ## Best For - ann rule enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted ann rule brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The Want Ad Killer ## Images ![The Want Ad Killer - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81cDdrukYXL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars book *by A***R on Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2024* great book ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars The riveting account of "Harv the Hammer" *by K***T on Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2014* As always, Ann Rule delivers the complete account of a monster who has lived among us posing threats to many young women. Harvey Carignan, who characterizes himself as a victim of all the signicant women in his life seeks revenge wielding power over women he has lured into his vehicle. Some lived to testify of a terrifying ordeal!I couldn't fall asleep after reading 2/3 if the book. Yet, when it happened, I felt an eerie presence. A shadow of a huge man covered me and a cold shiver went through my body like a sharpened knife. Without my head leaving the pillow from the living room sofa, I ran to my bedroom with that ghastly behemoth upon my heels and his hot breath on the back of my neck!!I closed the bedroom door locking it behind me! My feet were firmly planted so that I too would not feel the pangs of horror so many women before me had felt. I have got to stop reading these books! True crime is the most frightening genre of literature. My eyes opened and my heart was racing until I realized it was just a nightmare induced by reading The Want Ad Killer by Ann Rule. There are no happy ending in true crime. However the author does this story and the countless victims who suffered by the hand if this monster as much justice as possible. Great read for true crime fanatics! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Where Did "Andy Stack" Go? *by C***G on Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2016* It's Christmas 2016, and as I just finished reading "The Want Ad Killer," I just realized an incredible irony: Harvey Carignan is still alive, and Ann Rule is not.Of course, Ms. Rule died in the last couple of years, and supposedly, there was quite a bit of turmoil within the family. And what may be even more ironic: people in her own family supposedly stole money from her at the end, committing true-crime themselves. Life does imitate art occasionally.I have read quite a few books now from Ms. Rule, and one thing is obviously clear: her earlier works were surely better than her later ones. "A Stranger Beside Me," "The I-5 Killer," "Lust Killer" (LK), and of course "The Want Ad Killer" being of the former. And ironically, I believe most of those were written under the "Andy Stack" pseudonym, but all of those are really good. Later on, she went on to write books such as "Green River Running Red" (GRRR), which is almost unreadable. But it does make me wonder: what happened? Where did "Andy Stack" go?Well, I personally feel that she leaned too far towards the "victims' advocacy" position in her later works, and it watered them down, just like some of the victims were soaked in LK and GRRR, as they were thrown like trash into the rivers of the Northwest. Ann Rule was certainly an "icon" -- although that word is used so much that it's nearly lost its meaning -- and people never want to be critical of "icons." But if you want to give a truly-good review of any work, you need to discuss the good with the bad. And compare and contrast.And this is certainly one of Ms. Rule's better efforts. It's told in mostly a linear fashion when possible, and better yet, it's told through the perspective of one of the victim's mothers, at least through about the first half of the book. It gives us someone to care about, someone to root for, just like that early Ann Rule -- more like Andy Stack -- who didn't just pump out true-crime books, but rather, took her -- or rather his -- time to do research and tell a story the way it deserved to be told.If you're in to true crime, in particular the "serial killer subgenre," if that is the correct phrase, then this book is for you. It has murder, it has mayhem, and it has suspense. And it even keeps up that suspense, through the trial phase. And as any true-crime aficionado knows, the trial phase can usually be snooze inducing. Not so here.Well, Harvey Carignan is still around, amazingly, hanging out and doing pull-ups in some prison in Minnesota, supposedly. But Ann Rule is gone. Luckily for us, Andy Stack still lives on. It makes me want to now do a search on books written by "him," as those were really good. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.nz/products/19085047-the-want-ad-killer](https://www.desertcart.nz/products/19085047-the-want-ad-killer) --- *Product available on Desertcart New Zealand* *Store origin: NZ* *Last updated: 2026-04-23*