In October 2002, Susan Polk, a housewife and mother of three, was arrested for the murder of her husband, Felix. With exclusive access and in-depth reporting, Catherine Crier turns an analytical eye to the story of Susan Polk. With extraordinary detail, the book dissects this dangerous relationship between husband and wife, exposing their psychological motivations and the painful impact that these had on their three sons. Dark, psychological and terrifying, A Deadly Kind of Love is a harrowing look at the recesses of the human mind and the trauma that reveals them.