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Perfect Victim

The True Story of “The Girl in the Box” by the D.A. That Prosecuted Her Captor

By Christine McGuire and Carla Norton

By Christine McGuire and Carla Norton

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Mass Market Paperback $7.99

Jul 01, 1989 | ISBN 9780440204428

Perfect Victim by Christine McGuire and Carla Norton
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Jul 01, 1989

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About Perfect Victim

“True crime at its most shocking, most harrowing, and . . . most thought-provoking.”—Booklist

In 1997 twenty-year-old Colleen Stan left home to hitchhike from Oregon to California. Seven years later she emerged from hell, the victim of a bizarre and extraordinary crime.

This is Colleen’s incredible true story, told by the determined young district attorney who prosecuted the man who had forced her to endure years of sexual perversion . . . and held her captive in a coffin-like box under his and his wife’s bed. A story of riveting psychological intensity and gripping courtroom drama, Perfect Victim reveals the whole truth about Collen Stan’s real-life nightmare . . . and the psychopath who enslaved her body and her mind.

“Horrifying!”—The Cincinnati Post

“Hard to put down!”—Chicago Tribune

“A gripping and disturbing story of the secret life of apparently normal people. At once, horrific and engrossing.”—Vincent Bugliosi, author of Helter Skelter

About Christine McGuire

Christine McGuire is a veteran prosecutor of murder cases in a California District Attorney’s office. She has taught at the academy… More about Christine McGuire

About Carla Norton

Carla Norton is a novelist and true crime writer. Her books include Perfect Victim, Disturbed Ground, What Doesn’t Kill Her,… More about Carla Norton

Product Details

Category: Biography & Memoir

Mass Market Paperback | $7.99
Published by Dell
Jul 01, 1989 | 384 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-7/8 | ISBN 9780440204428

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Praise

“True crime at its most shocking, most harrowing, and . . . most thought-provoking.”—Booklist
“Horrifying!”—The Cincinnati Post

“Hard to put down!”—Chicago Tribune

“A gripping and disturbing story of the secret life of apparently normal people. At once, horrific and engrossing.”—Vincent Bugliosi, author of Helter Skelter

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