Aphrodite Jones is one of the chief practitioners of the true crime genre. --
Baltimore SunMichael Peterson was a decorated war veteran and bestselling novelist, his wife Kathleen a high-powered executive and devoted mother. They seemed to be the perfect couple, living a dream life--until the tragic night Michael found Kathleen at the bottom of the stairs in a pool of blood. He claimed her death was an accident. The prosecution put him behind bars. Then in a stunning reversal, a judge gave him another chance to stand trial, while his children proclaimed his innocence. Aphrodite Jones draws on exclusive interviews and disturbing new evidence to update this classic real-life thriller of marriage, manipulation, and murder.
"A classic true-crime page-turner." --M. William Phelps
"A richly detailed and deeply researched tale of a greedy, sociopathic killer." --Caitlin Rother,
New York Times bestselling author of
Lost Girls"Prepare yourself for a journey into a meticulous criminal mind." --Corey Mitchell, author of
Savage SonIncludes 16 Pages Of Dramatic Photos
The "New York Times" bestselling true-crime writer chronicles the highly-publicized story of novelist Michael Peterson, who was convicted of first-degree murder for beating his wife to death in 2001 in order to collect her life insurance. Original.
