Perfect Poison (51 page)

About the Author

 

Crime writer and investigative journalist
M. William Phelps
is the author of twenty-four nonfiction books and the novel
The Dead Soul
. He has conducted over 100 interviews with experts in the field of serial killers, regularly communicates with several incarcerated serial killers, and has dedicated his working life to unraveling the mind of the serial offender. He consulted on the first season of the Showtime series
Dexter,
has been profiled in
Writer's Digest, Connecticut Magazine, NY Daily News, NY Post, Newsday, Suspense Magazine,
and the
Hartford Courant,
and has written for
Connecticut Magazine
. Winner of the New England Book Festival Award for
I'll Be Watching You
and the Editor's Choice Award from
True Crime Book Reviews
for
Death Trap
, Phelps has appeared on nearly 100 television shows, including CBS's
Early Show,
ABC's
Good Morning America,
NBC's
Today Show
,
The View,
TLC, BIO Channel, and History Channel.

 

Phelps created, produces and stars in the hit Investigation Discovery series
Dark Minds,
which focuses on unsolved, cold serial killer cases, now in its third season
;
and is one of the stars of ID's
Deadly Women
. Radio America called him “the nation's leading authority on the mind of the female murderer.” Touched by tragedy himself, due to the unsolved murder of his pregnant sister-in-law, Phelps is able to enter the hearts and minds of his subjects like no one else. He lives in a small Connecticut farming community and can be reached at his website,
www.mwilliamphelps.com
.

Some names have been changed to protect the privacy of individuals connected to this story.

 

PINNACLE BOOKS are published by

 

Kensington Publishing Corp.
119 West 40th Street
New York, NY 10018

 

Copyright © 2003, 2014 by M. William Phelps

 

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the prior written consent of the Publisher, excepting brief quotes used in reviews.

 

If you purchased this book without a cover you should be aware that this book is stolen property. It was reported as “unsold and destroyed” to the Publisher and neither the Author nor the Publisher has received any payment for this “stripped book.”

 

 

Pinnacle and the P logo Reg. U.S. Pat. & TM Off.

ISBN: 978-0-7860-3504-5

First Kensington Mass Market Edition: June 2003

 

eISBN-13: 978-0-7860-3504-5
eISBN-10: 0-7860-3504-8
Kensington Electronic Edition: March 2014

 

 

Notes