Trap Them And Kill Them… A loving father and his new wife set out to pick up his kids for a scheduled weekend visit-but never suspected they were walking into a death trap. Drag Them And Burn Them… A handwritten note instructed Alan and Terra Bates to enter the back door of his ex-wife's Alabama home. A day later their charred bodies were found hundreds of miles away, wrapped in blankets, in a burned-out car's trunk on a desolate Georgia road. Two Victims. Four Bullets Each. At Jessica McCord's house, law enforcement found windows covered in blankets, a cache of weapons and ammunition, carpets torn up, new tile on the floors-a couch gone. Then they learned about the nasty divorce and bitter custody battle that had landed Jessica in jail. Upon release, Jessica swore, 'Somebody is going to pay. ' With her new police-officer husband, Jessica became the prime suspect in this brutal double murder… 'M. William Phelps' true tales of murderers and mayhem are scary-as-hell thrill rides. ' -Douglas Clegg 'One of our most engaging crime journalists. ' -Katherine Ramsland 'One of America's finest true-crime writers. ' -Vincent Bugliosi