Till Death Do Us Part: Love, Marriage and the Mind of the Killer Spouse, co-written by Matt Birkbeck

Matt Birkbeck

Matt Birkbeck is an American author and award winning investigative journalist. His articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Reader's Digest, Boston Magazine and a host of other magazines, including People, where he served as a correspondent for a decade. In 2004, he...

 and Robi Ludwig

Robi Ludwig

Robi Ludwig is a psychotherapist and host of the reality television program, One Week to Save Your Marriage on TLC and Without Prejudice? on GSN. Dr...

 with an introduction by Larry King

Larry King

Lawrence Harvey "Larry" King is an American television and radio host whose work has been recognized with awards including two Peabodys and ten Cable ACE Awards....

 and a foreword by Nancy Grace

Nancy Grace

Nancy Ann Grace is an American legal commentator, television host, television journalist, and former prosecutor. She frequently discusses issues from what she describes as a victims' rights standpoint, with an outspoken style that has won her both praise and condemnation...

, is a book published by Atria, March 28, 2006.

Description

Dr. Robi Ludwig teams up with journalist Matt Birkbeck to examine the causes and implications of marital homicide

Mariticide

Mariticide literally means the murder of one's married partner, but has become most associated with the murder of a husband by his wife, as the reverse is given the name uxoricide.In England the punishment until 1790 was to be strangled and burnt at the stake.-Historical:* Laodice I allegedly...

. They book explores the "underlying darkness inherent in so many marriages" and offer in-depth descriptions of the 10 personality characteristics that may lead to killer spouses. Each chapter begins with a brief overview of the murder personal hallmarks before delving into "case studies." Their thesis is "most of us, whether we admit it or not, sometimes have violent, even homicidal thoughts toward our spouse."

Chapters

1. Why marry?
2. The betrayal/abandonment killer
3. The control killer
4. The sociopathic killer
5. The black widow/profit killer
6. The narcissistic killer
7. The temper tantrum killer
8. The transference killer
9. The revenge killer
10. The pregnancy killer
11. The caregiver killer
12. Thou shalt not kill.