Fatal Vows

November 1, 2008
In October 2007, young wife and mother Stacy Peterson disappeared from her suburban Chicago home without a trace. Her husband, retired cop Drew Peterson, insisted that his fourth wife had simply run away with a lover, but as foul play became more likely, suspicion fell on him. In the unforgiving light of the police investigation, the seemingly accidental death of his third wife, Kathleen Savio, took on a darker hue. A second autopsy on Savio was performed in February 2008, and this time the ruling was homicide. "Chicago Herald News" reporter Hosey, who has followed the story from the beginning, here traces the sad, complicated, and occasionally violent lives of Drew, Stacy, and Kathleen and covers the case all the way up to June 2008. The somewhat thin content is expanded with information about the town and county, where several wives have gone missing. Hosey does a fine job of covering the case; however, because Stacy's and Kathleen's cases are far from closed, the definitive book on Drew Peterson has yet to be written. For public libraries.Deirdre Bray Root, Middletown P.L., OH

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