Perfect Victim by Carla Norton (English) Paperback Book

Description: Perfect Victim by Carla Norton, Christine McGuire Colleen Stan was a sweet-natured 20-year-old when she set out to hitchhike from her home in Washington to southern California. Seven years later, she emerged from hell, the victim of a bizarre and chilling crime. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Colleen Stan was a sweet-natured, lively twenty-year-old when she set out to hitchhike from her home in Washington to Southern California. Seven years later she emerged from hell, the victim of a bizarre and chilling crime. Cameron and Janice Hooker had literally made her their slave - and forced her to endure all of Camerons twisted sexual perversions.During these seven years the Hookers had two children, entertained their friends at home and held down jobs - while Colleen was held captive in a coffin-like box under their bed.This is also the story of Christine McGuire, a young, inexperienced deputy district attorney who prosecuted Cameron Hooker for kidnapping and successfully explained why Colleen - who had numerous chances to escape - stayed captive for so many years. Back Cover Kidnapping was only the beginning... Colleen Stan was a sweet-natured, lively twenty-year-old when she set out to hitchhike from her home in Washington to Southern California. Seven years later she emerged from hell, the victim of a bizarre and chilling crime. Cameron and Janice Hooker had literally made her their slave - and forced her to endure all of Camerons twisted sexual perversions. During these seven years the Hookers had two children, entertained their friends at home and held down jobs - while Colleen was held captive in a coffin-like box under their bed. This is also the story of Christine McGuire, a young, inexperienced deputy district attorney who prosecuted Cameron Hooker for kidnapping and successfully explained why Colleen - who had numerous chances to escape - stayed captive for so many years. Review A gripping and disturbing story of the secret life of apparently normal people. At once horrific and engrossing -- Vincent Bugliosi, author of Helter SkelterUncomfortably compelling * Time Out * Promotional A SHOCKING TRUE STORY OF A CRIME THAT SHOOK AMERICA Kirkus US Review The perfect victim was Colleen Stan, "The Girl in the Box," a young hitchhiker kidnapped to California in 1977 and held in sexual slavery for seven years. Christine McGuire - the assistant D.A. who eventually prosecuted fiendish culprit Cameron Hooker - and free-lance writer Norton approach this lurid material with admirable dignity and restraint. Actually, a second victim joined Colleen on her odyssey into depravity: Janice, Camerons wife, subjected by the lumber-mill hand to whippings even before their wedding. Cameron needed fresh flesh to feed his perversity, however, so Janice went along when he snatched Colleen, screwed onto her head a homemade "head box," and hung her by her wrists in his basement - where Cameron and wife had sex beneath her dangling feet. Much, much worse followed: Colleen was shoved into a three-foot square box, her home for the next several years as Cameron raped and tortured her, and used her as slave labor. During those years, something very odd occurred: Colleen passed up many chances to escape; so powerful was Camerons mind-hold on her - enforced by tales of a national slave-ring that would kill her if she fled - that, on his orders, she took a maids job in town and, one weekend, even visited her family. Was she, then, a willing victim? Once Janice rebelled against Camerons brutal rule and ran away with Colleen, that question proved crucial. At the trial - limned in bright detail in chapters alternating with the account of Colleens ordeal - McGuire needed to prove that Colleens imprisonment was one continuous kidnapping. After a long legal battle - with Janice turned states witness - the jury at last believed McGuires charge that Colleen was brainwashed, and the judge threw the book at Cameron: today hes a captive in turn, at Folsom prison. The authors conclude with a forceful epilogue declaring that Cameron is no pitiful product of society, but "an aberration" - evil, a monster. Theres no whiff of pandering as the authors shine a bright light into some of the foulest corners of human behavior. Gut-wrenching, but heart-wrenching too; sorely lacking an adequate look at the philosophical implications of Cameron and Colleens bizarre duet, but overall still one of the most gripping true-crime books of the year. (Kirkus Reviews) Review Text A gripping and disturbing story of the secret life of apparently normal people. At once horrific and engrossing Review Quote A gripping and disturbing story of the secret life of apparently normal people. At once horrific and engrossing Promotional "Headline" A SHOCKING TRUE STORY OF A CRIME THAT SHOOK AMERICA Details ISBN0352325615 Author Christine McGuire Pages 416 Year 1991 ISBN-10 0352325615 ISBN-13 9780352325617 Format Paperback Publication Date 1991-01-17 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 345.730254092 Media Book Language English Illustrations 8 pages Publisher Ebury Publishing UK Release Date 1991-01-17 AU Release Date 1991-01-17 NZ Release Date 1991-01-17 Imprint Black Lace Alternative 9781448114399 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:1125864;

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