Savage Grace: The True Story of Fatal Relations in a Rich and Famous American Family

A spellbinding true-crime classic of money and madness, incest and matricide, Savage Grace is the saga of Brooks and Barbara Baekeland and their son, Tony.

Tony Baekeland lived a childhood of extremes. Alternately neglected and smothered by his parents, he was driven to destroy the whole family in a violent chain of events.

The story of the Baekeland family unfolds against a glamorous international background (New York, London, Paris, Italy, Spain); features a nonpareil cast of characters (...