A Deadly Game

Catherine Crier's A Deadly Game was a blockbuster #1 bestseller on its hardcover publication in 2005. Crier, a former judge and one of television's most popular legal analysts, had been among the first journalists to question the behavior of Scott Peterson after his wife Laci's disappearance. And with her network of journalistic sources, Crier was soon able to penetrate the core of the police investigation that followed--gaining access to a huge and revealing body of police reports, wiretap transcripts of unreported conversations of Scott's, photographic evidence, and other exclusive materials. Drawing on these resources--and extensive interviews with key witnesses and both of the lead investigators on the case--Crier has written this astonishingly detailed and intimate look at the most unforgettable murder case since O.J. Simpson.

Among the revelations in A Deadly Game:

*The earliest unreported clues that Laci's disappearance may have been foul play--and how Modesto detectives Matt Spurlock and Al Brocchini broke protocol and fixed Scott as a suspect at once, watching as his behavior marked him as a killer

*New transcripts of conversations involving Scott, Amber, the police, his family, friends, and others--filled with chilling and incriminating behavior

*Accounts of Scott's philandering behavior from several of his paramours--including the woman he was dating just before Laci, and two of his mistresses before Amber Frey

*New evidence of discord between Scott and Laci--including a revealing new portrait of Laci's behavior

*The untold story of how Amber Frey was briefly considered a suspect

*New details about the Scott-Amber relationship

*Scores of chilling, never-before-seen police photos and evidence files

Thoroughly engrossing yet highly disturbing, Catherine Crier's A Deadly Game is the definitive--and indelible--portrait of a sociopathic killer.