The Perfect Father: The True Story of Chris Watts, His All-American Family, and a Shocking Murder

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In The Perfect Father, New York Times bestselling author John Glatt reveals the true story of a Colorado family whose storybook life turned into a nightmare. Heartbroken friends and neighbors watched in shock as the movie-star handsome, devoted family man they knew was arrested and charged with first degree murder. The perfect mask Chris had presented was slipping-and what lay beneath was a horrifying image of instability, infidelity, sexual ambivalence, and boiling rage. This first major account of the case reveals the truth behind the tragedy and constructs a chilling portrait of one of the most shocking family annihilator cases of the 21st century-- Publisher's description