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LocationOakland
StatusChecked Out
Call NoTRUE CRIME OLSEN
TitleBy the river's edge : a true story of identity and serial murder / Gregg Olsen.
AuthorOlsen, Gregg, author.
Barcode47660111121253
CollectionNF True Crime
Summary"In 1990 in Washington state, the bodies of Yolanda Sapp, Nickie Lowe, and Kathy Brisbois were found on the banks of the Spokane River. They were part of a close-knit alliance of sex workers whose oath to protect each other was, in the end, hopeless. For twenty-two years their brutal murders went unsolved. In 2012, a DNA cold hit pointed to Douglas Perry. A repeat assault offender, Douglas was currently incarcerated in Carswell, Texas. But there was a twist: The facility was for female prisoners. The man authorities hunted for decades was now Donna Perry. Her gender reassignment not only helped to mask the evil deeds of the past, it ended a life of childhood traumas and a pent-up rage unleashed on nearly thirty victims, according to Donna herself. Through total reinvention, she believed she'd finally slayed the monster within. By the River's Edge is the astonishing true story of an elusive serial killer, an escape plan like no other, and the women who lived and died on the fringes of the Lilac City for whom justice was at long last served."--Book jacket flap.
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OaklandChecked Out47660111121253TRUE CRIME OLSENNF True CrimeNew ShelfDue on 9/1/2026

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9781662522444 paperback
Other Standard Identifier CIPO000387433
Dewey Decimal Classification Number 364.15232092 23
Personal Name Olsen, Gregg, author.
Title Statement By the river's edge : a true story of identity and serial murder / Gregg Olsen.
Edition Statement First edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice ©2026.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice Seattle : Thomas & Mercer, [2026]
Physical Description 324 p. softcover 23 cm.
Content Type text txt rdacontent.
Media Type unmediated n rdamedia.
Carrier Type volume nc rdacarrier.
Summary, Etc. "In 1990 in Washington state, the bodies of Yolanda Sapp, Nickie Lowe, and Kathy Brisbois were found on the banks of the Spokane River. They were part of a close-knit alliance of sex workers whose oath to protect each other was, in the end, hopeless. For twenty-two years their brutal murders went unsolved. In 2012, a DNA cold hit pointed to Douglas Perry. A repeat assault offender, Douglas was currently incarcerated in Carswell, Texas. But there was a twist: The facility was for female prisoners. The man authorities hunted for decades was now Donna Perry. Her gender reassignment not only helped to mask the evil deeds of the past, it ended a life of childhood traumas and a pent-up rage unleashed on nearly thirty victims, according to Donna herself. Through total reinvention, she believed she'd finally slayed the monster within. By the River's Edge is the astonishing true story of an elusive serial killer, an escape plan like no other, and the women who lived and died on the fringes of the Lilac City for whom justice was at long last served."--Book jacket flap.
Subject-Personal Name Perry, Donna.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Serial murderers Washington (State) History 20th century.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Sex workers Washington (State) Spokane.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Trans people.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term True crime stories.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Murder, serial killers True Crime.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Sexual assault True Crime.
Index Term-Genre/Form True crime stories. lcgft.