Early Praise for Seduced by Madness

Seduced by Madness is a riveting account of a marriage gone terribly wrong, a character study of one of the more unlikely murderers of our time and
a meticulous narrative of a ludicrous and mesmerizing trial.
-- Jay McInerney, author of Bright Lights, Big City and The Good Life

Very well done.
-- Ann Rule, author of Too Late to Say Goodbye, who recommends Seduced by Madness to her readers
on her web page, www.annrules.com

“Journalist Pogash recounts and analyzes the story of Susan Polk in a riveting summation of both her life and her sensational trial for the 2002 murder of her husband, Felix Polk….For fans of true crime, psychology, courtroom drama and truth-is-stranger-than fiction, this is a triumph.”
-- Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Veteran journalist Carol Pogash offers a complex, detailed, and nuanced exploration of the 'perfect' Boomer family, one that becomes a study in denial and dysfunctionality to rival WIlliam Faulkner's tale, told by an idiot, full of sound and fury. The difference is that Faulker wrote fction; Pogash's startling saga is all too true."
-- Dennis McDougal, author of the Edgar Award nominee Angel of Darkness

“Carol’s impeccable research was invaluable, her knowledge of the case encyclopedic. Now she has told the story herself with all the gripping intensity of a first rate mystery. Rarely has there been a case like this, and nobody knows it better, or tells it so well, as Carol Pogash.”

— Keith Morrison, award-winning correspondent for Dateline NBC

“Of all true crime tales, this is one of the most bizarre – it’s got murder, pedophilia, recovered memory, peculiar and unethical therapeutic practices and even a dollop of satanic abuse… it took a writer of Carol Pogash’s prodigious talents to make it a book this good.”

— Ayelet Waldman, author of Love and Other Impossible Pursuits

In this electrifying look at the complexities of the Susan Polk murder case,Carol Pogash goes beyond the lurid headlines to the heart of the matter…. The quest for answers makes Seduced by Madness a page turner, full of surprising revelations."

— Cassandra King, author of The Sunday Wife