Deadly Relations

Deadly Relations

From Library JournalSuccessful New Orleans attorney Leonard Fagot seemed to have it all--a grand home, a devoted wife, and four adoring daughters, two of whom are the authors of this book. Yet lurking beneath this happy suburban facade was a perverse form of madness which ultimately led to Fagot's suicide. His family watched in disbelief as Fagot took a disturbed teenager for his girlfriend and maimed himself twice for insurance money. The death of his first son-in-law was ruled accidental, but based on his daughter Carol's testimony, Fagot was convicted of murdering her husband. Too close to their father to understand his peculiar psychopathology, the authors' portrayal of their family tragedy is nonetheless emotionally powerful. Recommended for true crime collections.- Gregor A. Preston, Univ. of California Lib., DavisCopyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.A chilling account of Leonard Fagot, by two of his daughters, describes the dark side of the prominent New Orleans attorney, a man obsessed with power, who murdered two of his sons-in-law for the insurance money