The Sleeping Lady: The Trailside Murders Above the Golden Gate

Robert Graysmith. Onyx Books, $5.99 (496pp) ISBN 978-0-451-40255-4

Childhood abuse from parents and bullies alike ostensibly taught California serial killer David Carpenter to vent his adult rage sexually. ``The details of the crimes--and the bumbling police work that apparently allowed more to occur--are carefully presented by Graysmith in a thorough and engrossing account of a violent sociopath,'' said PW. Photos. (Apr.)

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