Without Mercy: Obsession and Murder Under the Influence: Without Mercy: Obsession and Murder Under the Influence

Gary Provost. Pocket Books, $5.99 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-671-66997-3

This true crime story involves an alcoholic International House of Pancakes waitress who collaborated with three men to commit two murders. ``Provost has done a fine job of depicting an unlikely group of killers,'' PW commented. Photos. (Dec.)

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