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"PhelpsistheHarlanCobenofreal-lifethrillers."--AllisonBrennanIowahousewifeTraceyPittmanRobertsseemedtohaveitall:naturalbeauty,threelovingchildren,andafairytalesecondmarriagetoawealthybusinessman.Butbeneaththehappyfaadewasawomanwhousedlies,manipulation,sex,uglyallegations,blackmail--andevenmurder--toserveherownselfishends.OnDecember13,2001,policerushedtoTracey'shomeafterashootinglefthervulnerableyoungneighbordead.Traceyclaimeditwasanactofself-defense.Ninegunshotwounds--andadecades-longtrailofextortion,fabrication,fraud,andintimidation--saidotherwise.Tenyearsafterthecrime,Tracey'scasefinallywenttotrialinanexplosivecourtroomshowdown.Inasearingexplorationofthecriminalmind,bestsellinginvestigativejournalistM.WilliamPhelpstracesthesagaofapsychopathwhohidinplainsight--untilherwickedwayscaughtupwithher."Phelpsdarestotreadwherefewotherswill:intothemindofakiller."--TVRage"Phelpsisthekingoftruecrime."--LyndaHirsch,CreatorsSyndicatecolumnist"Oneofourmostengagingcrimejournalists."--Dr.KatherineRamsland

"PhelpstreadsdangerousgroundlikeanAmazonjungleguide--fearless,compassionate,insightful."
--GeoffFitzpatrick,ExecutiveProducerofDarkMinds"AnythingbyPhelpsisaneye-openingexperience."--SuspenseMagazineINCLUDES16PAGESOFDRAMATICPHOTOS