A Child's Book of True Crime: A Novel

While having a passionate affair with the father of Lucien, one of her brightest students, Kate Byrne learns that Lucien's mother has just published a novel about the brutal murder of a young adultress that occured twenty years ago, and when Lucien begins drawing violent images, Kate becomes obsessed with the murder, risking the chance of suffering the same fate as the murdered adultress. 100,000 first printing.