A Deadly Game - The Untold Story of the Scott Peterson Investigation

Informationen zum Autor Catherine Crier is the host of Court TV''s Catherine Crier Live. A distinguished attorney, legal analyst, and the youngest state judge ever to be elected in Texas, Crier has received an Emmy Award for investigative journalism and the DuPont-Columbia Journalism Award. Also the author of the New York Times bestsellers A Deadly Game and The Case Against Lawyers, Crier lives in Westchester County, New York. Klappentext In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Catherine Crier, a former judge and one of television's most popular legal analysts, offers a riveting and authoritative account of one of the most memorable crime dramas of our time: the murder of Laci Peterson at the hands of her husband, Scott, on Christmas Eve 2002. Drawing on extensive interviews with key witnesses and lead investigators, as well as secret evidence files that never made it to trial, Crier traces Scott's bizarre behavior; shares dozens of transcripts of Scott's chilling and incriminating phone conversations; offers accounts of Scott's womanizing from two former mistresses before Amber Frey; and includes scores of never-before-seen police photos, documents, and other evidence. The result is thoroughly engrossing yet highly disturbing -- an unforgettable portrait of a charming, yet deeply sociopathic, killer. Zusammenfassung In this #1 New York Times bestseller! Catherine Crier! a former judge and one of television's most popular legal analysts! offers a riveting and authoritative account of one of the most memorable crime dramas of our time: the murder of Laci Peterson at the hands of her husband! Scott! on Christmas Eve 2002. Drawing on extensive interviews with key witnesses and lead investigators! as well as secret evidence files that never made it to trial! Crier traces Scott's bizarre behavior; shares dozens of transcripts of Scott's chilling and incriminating phone conversations; offers accounts of Scott's womanizing from two former mistresses before Amber Frey; and includes scores of never-before-seen police photos! documents! and other evidence. The result is thoroughly engrossing yet highly disturbing -- an unforgettable portrait of a charming! yet deeply sociopathic! killer. ...

Product details

• Authors: Catherine Crier, Catherine/ Thompson Crier, Crier Catherine
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.01.2006
• EAN: 9780060849634
• ISBN: 978-0-06-084963-4
• No. of pages: 512
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 230 mm x 33 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense > Crime fiction, thrillers, espionage; True Crime, Biography: general, Memoirs, Criminal or forensic psychology, Crime and criminology, Biography: historical, political and military, Political leaders and leadership, True crime: serial killers and murderers, Criminal law: procedure and offences, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Historical, TRUE CRIME: Murder / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Criminals & Outlaws, TRUE CRIME: Historical, TRUE CRIME: Murder / Serial Killers, LAW: Criminal Law / General, PSYCHOLOGY: Forensic Psychology, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Criminology, TRUE CRIME: Murder / Mass Murder, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Research