Book on Peterson saga hits store shelves

The first book about former Bolingbrook police Sgt. Drew Peterson and the deaths of two of his wives hits bookstores Monday.

"Fatal Vows: The Tragic Wives of Sergeant Drew Peterson" is written by Joseph Hosey, a reporter for The Herald News in Joliet,  part of Fox Valley Publications and the Sun-Times News Group.

Amazon.com's description of the book says Hosey has been a reporter for The Herald News since 1999 "and has been on the cusp of every major development in the Drew Peterson case. He is the only member of the media to cover Kathleen Savio's inquest, having broken the stories of her death and, later, the disappearance of Stacy Peterson."

Amazon goes on to say that in October 2007, 23-year-old Stacy Peterson vanished from Bolingbrook, leaving behind her husband and children. Drew Peterson, 30 years Stacy's senior, "steadfastly asserted his innocence and maintained that his wife had simply fled their tumultuous marriage and run off with another man."

"Throngs of journalists and camera crews besieged Peterson's quiet suburban cul-de-sac, but the ex-cop seemed to relish in this newfound limelight.

As exhaustive searches for Stacy's body turned up nothing and suggestive clues led nowhere, questions were raised: about their unusual marriage, about Stacy's past vocal concerns for her safety, and about Drew Peterson's bizarre public behavior in the wake of Stacy's disappearance," Amazon says.

In February, after the body of Peterson's third wife, Kathleen Savio, was exhumed and additional autopsies were performed, Savio's death was ruled a homicide. Three and a half years earlier, Savio had been found dead in the bathtub of their home.

"Drawing upon exclusive interviews with Stacy's friends and family and even Drew himself, Chicago-area reporter Joseph Hosey presents the most researched account of the Stacy Peterson case yet. Still, as the charges against Drew Peterson mount, one haunting question remains: Where on Earth is Stacy?" Amazon says.