A shocking chronicle of greed, sexual obsession, manipulation, and murder–from the bestselling author of Small Sacrifices. Computer wizard David Brown convinced his own daughter to prove her love by killing his new wife. Brown then collected a large insurance policy and married his dead wifes teenage sister, whom he had secretly taught to perform sex acts since she was eleven years old. Photographs.<\/p>\n

There was only one way to please her father: Murder his wife….
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