Dark Heart: A True Story of Sex, Manipulation, and Murder

From the authors of the true crime classic * Notes on a Killing comes the harrowing story of the games that couples play and what happens when role-playing becomes a deadly reality.

Was murder part of the game?

Seventeen-year-old Kat McDonough grew up with theater in her blood and a penchant for make-believe. More than a decade older, Seth Mazzaglia was well known in the community theater circle of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He, too, had a rich inner life and he soon had Kat convinced that they were soul mates.

To intensify their bond, Seth lured Kat into a world of violent sex and role-playing, where she was his slave. But even that wasn t enough to satisfy his ravenous appetites.

Enter Lizzi Marriott, the new girl in town. And when she accepts an invitation to Kat and Seth s apartment, she will never be seen again...


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*Robert Scott, author of The Girl in the Leaves