This book dredges the grotesque mosaic of forces, circumstances, and conveyors that lured Scott Peterson to the Dark Side, and ultimately, to murder Laci Peterson.Scott Peterson was convicted of first-degree, premeditated double murder. Trawling through the extended backstory of this fifteen-year-old case, the author finds obscure pieces to a familiar puzzle and contextualizes all the available information: court records, interviews, media reports, police reports, evidence, court exhibits, weather, and ocean patterns.