Crossed Over: The True Story of the Houston Pickax Murders

Beverly Lowry. Warner Books, $5.99 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-446-36510-9

Novelist Lowry gives a nebulous portrayal of the trial and conviction of pickaxe murderer Karla Faye Tucker, but sheds light on the life of this woman as she waits on death row. (Jan.)

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