The author wrote that the stories of those involved - especially the victim's and the killer's - in this heartless murder are important because it shed a light on how religion can be manipulated for evil ends.
Paperback: "How many have looked back after the haze of passion has worn off and found they didn't know those to whom they'd given their hearts?" (Chapter Two)
To his parishioners, minister Matthew Baker seemed a pious and good man.
To his wife, Kari, he was a devoted husband and caring father.
Always sunny and vivacious, Kari never questioned their frequent relocations from one small Texas Baptist church to another.
Even when tragedy struck, Kari remained strong - until on 7 April 2006, inexplicably, she took her own life.
To friends and family, Kari's suicide made no sense - and they struggled with questions they couldn't answer.
Why couldn't Matt hold a job with any one church?
Why did he cut off all contact with Kari's devastated parents soon after her death?
And who was the blond companion he began appearing with just days after the funeral?
But it would take a team of investigators and dogged determination on the part of Kari's family to bring Matt Baker's dark secrets to light - revealing a shocking history of lies, infidelity, cruelty, and sexual obsession that may have led a serial predator cloaked in God's word to commit murder.
About the author: Kathryn Casey is an award-winning journalist and author, who has written for Rolling Stone, TV Guide, Reader's Digest, Texas Monthly and many other publications. She's the author of six previous true crime books - writing about real cases, real people and real murders - and the creator of the highly acclaimed Sarah Armstrong mystery series. Casey has appeared on Oprah, Oprah Winfrey's Oxygen, Biography, Nancy Grace, E!, truTV, Investigation Discovery, the Travel Channel, and A&E. Casey is based in Houston, where she lives with her husband and their dog, Nelson.
Deadly Little Secrets (2012) is the author's latest and seventh true crime book. More information on the author and her works can be found on her website so do drop by by clicking her name on this page.
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