# The rapist's wife

**Author(s):** Kathryn Casey
**Unpaid SageChimp rating:** insufficient data (0 unpaid reviews; need 5)
**Verdict JSON:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/the-rapists-wife/verdict.json
**Genres:** biography, true-crime
**Publisher:** HarperCollins
**Published:** Tue Jan 01 2008 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
**Language:** en
**ISBN-13:** 9780061717529
**ISBN-10:** 0061717525
**URL:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/the-rapists-wife

## Description

Several months into her idyllic marriage, Linda Bergstrom notices a change in her husband, he becomes rough and demanding. Soon after, he is accused of being a local serial rapist, but the case is dropped for lack of proof. The Bergrstroms relocate from Maine to Texas where a similar pattern of rapes begins. One day going through her husband's belongings Linda uncovers his rape kit: ski mask, duct tape and handcuffs. The police don't believe her, but one man will.

## SageChimp reader verdict

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- **Unpaid reviews:** 0
- **ARC / incentivized reviews:** 0
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