In a Childs Name: In a Childs Name

Peter Maas. Pocket Books, $5.99 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-671-74619-3

Wife-beater, philanderer and drug-abuser Ken Taylor murdered third wife Teresa in 1984; after Taylor's incarceration, his parents and former sister-in-law faced off in a dramatic custody battle for his young son, Philip. ``A taut, chilling voyage into the mind of a sociopath,'' said PW. (Oct.)

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