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In letters to her husband, she uncovers her sons frighteningly off-kilter behavior which culminates in tragedy.
Angelo Saint inWicked Angel
They call young Angelo Saint a textbook psychopath in Taylor Caldwells suspensefulWicked Angel.
Peter Mountain/Warner Bros.; Helen Sloan/HBO
In this case, Robert and Katherine Thorn get stuck with the antichrist.
Pinkie Brown inBrighton Rock
Rising gangster Pinkie is the teenage leader ofBrighton Rocks primary mob.
One, Holland, perfectly fits the mold of the evil twin.
Scholastic Paperbacks; Peter Mountain/Warner Bors
Whenever hes around, trouble follows.
Pandora and Marmaduke inWho Was Oswald Fish?
Her villainy sneaks up on you.
Harper Collins; Nicole Rivelli
Shameless, snickering, and uncompromising, hes a standout villain ina seriesfull of them.
Every passerby and adult in their town of Gatlin, Nebraska, is to be sacrificed in the cornfield.
Penguin Random House; Everett Collection
Simon & Schuster
Penguin Random House
Scribner; Warner Bros.
Signet
Vintage International
Broadway Books/ Crown Publishing Group
PENGUIN CLASSICS; Everett Collection
Bantam/ Penguin Random House
Picador; Everett Collection
W. W. Norton & Company
Harper Collins
NYRB Classics
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Vintage Crime/Black Lizard; Andrew Schwartz/HBO
Penguin Classics
Bantam; Helen Sloan/HBO
Everett Collection
