Former police officer Drew Peterson failed half a polygraph test about his missing fourth wife's disappearance, according to his attorney and the author of a new book.

Peterson, the prime suspect in Stacy Peterson's disappearance, agreed to be interviewed by writer Derek Armstrong and take a lie detector test for the book "Drew Peterson Exposed," Armstrong said.

"He failed half of six questions on the Stacy Peterson polygraph," Armstrong told FOXNews.com. "The questions he failed were directly related to the timeline I had him create."

Peterson's lawyer Joel Brodsky said he doesn't like lie detector tests.

"I don't think they're reliable," he said. "I advised him not to take one." Brodsky said he doesn't know what conclusions can be drawn, if any, on this polygraph.

Peterson got a "deceptive" reading with responses about whether his wife called to say she was leaving him (which he answered "yes" to), whether he knew where she was (he answered "no") and whether he had seen her the night before she vanished (he said "yes").

He got a "not deceptive" reading when he was asked if he physically harmed his wife during the time she disappeared (he said "no"), if he had any involvement in the physical removal of his wife from the home the day she vanished (he replied "no") and whether Stacy Peterson had called him to tell him where the car was parked after she left (he said "yes")....

Armstrong says the ex-cop acted "cold" when he spoke about Stacy Peterson, and he has released some clips of the interview audio tapes to the media in the days since his book hit shelves Oct. 1.

"He became very, very cold. He appeared to be emotionless," Armstrong said. "Frankly, the only time I got him to warm up emotionally was when he talked about himself — and his kids."

In one of the excerpts, Peterson says he worries what will happen to him if his fourth wife turns out to have died.

"She comes up dead or something, they're going to be looking at me," he tells Armstrong. "That's got me a little concerned."

At another point, he says he "spent his days working cons on people" when he was a police officer.

Brodsky said he and Peterson are unhappy about Armstrong's decision to release some of the interview tapes.

"I'm kind of upset about the release of the clips," Brodsky told FOXNews.com. "We kind of look at it as a betrayal. He knows we're disappointed."...

The new book Drew Peterson Exposed about the former Bolingbrook police officer and his dead third wife and missing fourth wife is billed as a 300-page news story. And it does have some news.

Peterson -- under a cloud of suspicion after his third wife Kathleen Savio's mysterious death was finally ruled a homicide and his fourth wife Stacy Peterson vanished nearly a year ago -- agreed to take separate polygraph tests to address questions about both cases.

Lee McCord -- described by author Derek Armstrong as an expert polygrapher with 30 years experience -- administered the tests and concluded Peterson was truthful when he said he had nothing to do with the death of Savio.

But in a polygraph focusing on the disappearance of Stacy Peterson, McCord found Peterson "deceptive" in answering three of six questions. The polygrapher asked: "Do you know the whereabouts of your wife Stacy?" Peterson said "no" -- a response the tester deemed "deceptive." Peterson said "yes" to whether he got a call from his wife the night of her disappearance. Again, McCord said that was "deceptive," and concluded the same to Peterson's "yes" to whether he last saw his wife at their home before going to bed after an overnight shift at work.

Author Armstrong, who bills himself as a journalist, author of mystery thrillers and "marketing guru," examines the results of the polygraph and concludes that Peterson, who has never been charged with a crime in connection with his wives but has been described by authorities as a "suspect" in Stacy Peterson's disappearance, would not have harmed his wives.

At one point, he describes Peterson as an enigma -- but not a killer.

He backs that assertion with Peterson's own hour-by-hour breakdown of how he spent Oct. 28, 2007 -- the day Stacy Peterson vanished, leaving behind their two young children. Authorities previously have questioned the timeline Peterson gave them.

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Drew's timeline

In the new book Drew Peterson Exposed, the former Bolingbrook cop for the first time provides his own detailed account of his actions on Oct. 28, 2007 -- the day his fourth wife, Stacy Peterson, disappeared:

5:30-6 A.M.* Comes home from work at Bolingbrook Police Department.
* Talked to Stacy, who said she was going to visit her grandfather.
* Went to sleep.
10-10:30 A.M. (PERHAPS AS LATE AS 11 A.M.)* Awakened by children.
* Stacy gone, kids home.
NOON-1 P.M.* At home with kids.
1-1:30 PM* Children at home (Tom and Kris watching Anthony and Lacy).
* Goes out to run Sunday errands.
2 P.M.* Calls work (Bolingbrook police). Takes the night off. (Did this because he was retiring in December and had accumulated sick time to use or lose.
3:15 P.M.* Tom, his 14-year-old son, is picked up by friends for a band concert.
6 P.M.* Takes Kris, Anthony and Lacy to McDonald's. They have dinner and play at the playground at McDonald's.
7:30 P.M.* Returns home with Kris, Anthony and Lacy.
8 P.M.* Tom gets home from band concert.
9 P.M.* At home, receives call from Stacy that she found someone and is leaving.
9:15 P.M.* Leaves home to go and look for Stacy.
11-11:30 P.M.* Returns home.
* Gets call from Stacy's sister, Cassandra Cales while still in the driveway. Tells her Stacy called and said she left with another man and took her passport, money and clothes.
11:45 P.M.* Walks and gets Stacy's car and drives it home.
MIDNIGHT* Gets home and goes to bed.
AROUND 2:30 A.M.* Gets call from Bolingbrook PD telling him Cassandra Cales is filing a missing-persons report regarding Stacy
* Vaguely recalls getting another call, maybe from Cassandra's friend Bruce Zidrach. (Very tired and does not have a clear recollection of this call).

Lee McCord -- described by author Derek Armstrong as an expert polygrapher with 30 years experience -- administered the tests and concluded Peterson was truthful when he said he had nothing to do with the death of Savio.

But in a polygraph focusing on the disappearance of Stacy Peterson, McCord found Peterson "deceptive" in answering three of six questions. The polygrapher asked: "Do you know the whereabouts of your wife Stacy?" Peterson said "no" -- a response the tester deemed "deceptive." Peterson said "yes" to whether he got a call from his wife the night of her disappearance. Again, McCord said that was "deceptive," and concluded the same to Peterson's "yes" to whether he last saw his wife at their home before going to bed after an overnight shift at work.

Author Armstrong, who bills himself as a journalist, author of mystery thrillers and "marketing guru," examines the results of the polygraph and concludes that Peterson, who has never been charged with a crime in connection with his wives but has been described by authorities as a "suspect" in Stacy Peterson's disappearance, would not have harmed his wives.

At one point, he describes Peterson as an enigma -- but not a killer.

He backs that assertion with Peterson's own hour-by-hour breakdown of how he spent Oct. 28, 2007 -- the day Stacy Peterson vanished, leaving behind their two young children. Authorities previously have questioned the timeline Peterson gave them.

CHICAGO (WBBM) - Drew Peterson says a new book about him - due out this week - looks too much at the negative side of things.

WBBM's Steve Miller talked to Peterson.

The book is "Drew Peterson: Exposed" by Derek Armstong, 320 pages, published by Kunati, Inc.. www.kunati.com/exposed

Peterson says the book is too negative. 

He says the author should have focused more on the positive:  He says he passed a polygraph test related to the death of his third wife Kathleen Savio.  And mostly passed a polygraph test on Stacy's disappearance - with three answers called "deceptive," and Peterson says he can't explain why.

"Number one, I didn't hurt these women.  I didn't cause any death to these women.  I didn't have nothing to do with removing them from my home.  I had nothing to do with, really, either of these incidents."

Drew Peterson was named a suspect in Stacy's disappearance, and the death of his third wife, Kathleen Savio, was re-classified as a homicide.  Read more on the CBS WBBM site here.

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CHICAGO—In response to media inquiries over leaked book cover images—appearing on various online bookseller sites—author Derek Armstrong issued a confirmation that polygraph examinations were conducted on Drew Peterson. “I did insist Mr. Drew Peterson take two in-depth polygraph examinations to verify his truthfulness regarding claims he made to me in my investigation for the book Drew Peterson Exposed.”
            The publisher, Kunati Books, has not lifted the embargo on the contents of the book, set to release on October 1, 2008 in stores nationally. “I won’t comment on the contents or the results polygraph results,” Armstrong added. “Other than to say the tests were conclusive and performed by a 34-year expert in polygraph examinations.”
            Armstrong added, “Mr. Peterson’s lawyer, Joel Brodsky was opposed to a polygraph, and only agreed because Mr. Peterson wanted his entire story told in a book. I made the polygraph a condition. I also insisted that my findings would be my findings and I would report on whatever I discovered. The publisher, Kunati Books, wouldn’t  consider publishing this book without various fact-checking steps, and the polygraph was a mandatory one, along with taped interview sessions.”
            Armstrong’s quick search of various public reports on Drew and Stacy Peterson revealed sixteen requests, on the record, for polygraphs, from police, and national media.
            According to the American Polygraph Association in their publicly available research, the average accuracy of tests can be as high as 98 percent if non-conclusive tests are eliminated from the 12 research studies conducted by the association.
     Kunati Books, based in Canada, refused to publish the book Drew Peterson Exposed without the polygraph. “At the time we didn’t realize the polygraphs would become an important story in itself.”
     Kunati Books was 2007’s Independent Publisher of the Year, awarded in 2008 at Book Expo America by ForeWord Magazine, and was called “a publisher to watch” by the American Library Association's Booklist Magazine in 2008. Kunati Books, based in Canada, and distributed worldwide through Independent Publishers Group of Chicago, has 76 authors under publication royalty agreements, with 47 books in print in 2008. Kunati’s books are sold in all major chains and online stores, at independents, through some department stores and supermarkets, and their books are co-distributed in Asia, Europe and Australia.
     Derek Armstrong is also the publisher officer of the company, since 2006, during which time four of his books have been accepted by the editorial acquisitions team at Kunati. “Three signoffs are required on any book project, even for an officer of the company,” Armstrong said. “In some ways, on this book, we had to be even more cautious than we would be with our other authors.”

The contents of Drew Peterson Exposed are strictly embargoed until Oct. 1, 2008.

Drew Peterson Exposed goes to wide release October 1 and is distributed by Independent Publishers Group (Chicago)
    • Hardcover: 320 pages
    • 140 photographs and documents reproduced
    • Publisher: Kunati Inc. (October 1, 2008) Embargoed Title
   • Exclusively distributed by Independent Publishers Group and available October 1, 2008 in major retailers everywhere.
    • ISBN-13: 9781601641878

FAQs and information—

www.kunati.com/exposed

FAQs from the Author

1. How many hours did you interview Peterson?
    Several hundred hours, including home visits, round-the-clock sessions, and phone interviews.
2. What other methods did you use to investigate the case?
    That’s embargoed information.
3. What conclusions did you come to?
    I impartially present the evidence. I don’t draw conclusions. There’s a lot of material in the book, much of it never before reported.
4. Why the embargo?
    To ensure distribution of books securely prior to broader media reports on the contents.
5. Do Illinois State Police know about Drew Peterson Exposed?
    Almost certainly.

Author Derek Armstrong
 
Best known for mystery thrillers, Derek Armstrong is also a freelance journalist, screenwriter, publisher and well known marketing guru. He is the author of the Alban Bane thrillers, including The Game and MADicine. Armstrong is a member of the Canadian Association of Journalists. He was also a private investigator. Armstrong was described in an American Library Association’s Booklist starred review as “mesmerizing ... the best of the lot ...”

Drew Peterson Exposed A Major News Book on a Current Crime Story. A Kunati Exclusive. Breaking on National Television.

Drew Peterson gave crime author and journalist Derek Armstrong hundreds of hours of exclusive interviews, in hopes his “full story” would be revealed. Peterson has not reviewed a copy of the book and commented by phone, “I won’t comment on this book until I see it.”

These exclusive interviews allowed Armstrong to discover breaking news and never-before-published information.
Drew Peterson Exposed promises to be one of the most controversial books of the year. “This is a true crime book but with a major twist,” Armstrong said. “I take an investigative journalist’s approach and attempt to ‘solve’ the crime—or at least to reveal important new information. In classical true crime, the case is often historical.”

Drew Peterson Exposed
320 Pages—Cloth—$25.95—Kunati Books
ISBN 9781601641878 October 1, 2008
Distributor: Independent Publishers Group

For members of the largest tarot community on the internet, the Aeclectic Tarot Community. The party already showed thirty pages of forum posts as of 11 AM on the morning of the party September 1, 2008. This may be a first in author marketing, and is certainly original.

Quantum Tarot is a critically-acclaimed tarot deck blending the concepts of new physics with new age philosophy. The cards illustrate tarot concepts with Quantum mechanics themes.

LARGO — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Amid a flurry of interest from various Tarot community groups, online forums and collectors, the much anticipated Quantum Tarot by Author Kay Stopforth and illustrator Chris Butler rose to the top of Amazon's Tarot bestseller list.

 "I'm not surprised at all," said publisher Derek Armstrong, himself a collector of Tarot cards and the author of Tarot-themed novels, such as popular The Last Troubadour and soon-to-be-released The Last Quest. "The popularity of Tarot decks continues to surge in general, and unique and evocative decks such as Quantum Tarot always move to the top of the collector's lists. But this isn't just a deck for collectors. It's a deck that speaks to users."

The Quantum Tarot combines the revolutionary theories of 21st century physics with the traditional Tarot Card archetypes in a 78-card deck. Quantum mechanics, Einstein’s theories of relativity and modern superstring theory offer new and wonderful ways to visualize Tarot themes. The Quantum Tarot shows how New Age wisdom meshes tightly with New Age science. 

A review on Aeclectic, one of the largest online Tarot communities, describes Quantum as: Explores the polar extremes of physics—the vast reaches of outer space and the ultra-microscopic world of (the) subatomic—through its 78 visually striking cards.”

Kay Stopforth is a Film Studies graduate and librarian. Inspired by photographs from the Hubble Space Telescope, Kay created her first oracle deck, the Universe Cards, in 1999. She contributes regularly to the Aeclectic Tarot Forum and also writes fiction.

Chris Butler has been an illustrator since he was seventeen when he won a contest at a TV convention in the UK, which led to his working for Space Voyager magazine. Specializing in digital imagery, he has illustrated five tarot decks and two oracle decks to date. 

Kunati Books, known as a provocative, controversial and bold publisher, has also recently signed the world-famous bestselling Tarot developer Kat Black for her forthcoming Touchstone Tarot.

ForeWord Magazine named Kunati Books the first Independent Publisher of the Year at BEA, this year in L.A. "The new honor was created to celebrate ForeWord's tenth anniversary and to recognize Kunati's innovation and fearlessness."

Kunati Books—a publisher of provocative, bold and controversial fiction and nonfiction released its first titles just over two years ago—is the first recipient of this title. Kunati is one of today's most innovative independent publishers. Its principals pioneered book trailers and blog tours and they foster an open partnership with authors who enthusiastically participate in marketing their books through blogs, book signings, interactive online events and social marketing. Kunati currently has several movie deals in the works, and its roster of authors includes Pulitzer Prize-winner John E. Mack, popular thrillers such as MADicine and Hunting the King, real crime sensations, memoirs, and even a bestselling tarot deck in Quantum Tarot, and the forthcoming Touchstone Tarot from the bestselling Kat Black.

The award was kept "top secret," Kunati Publisher Derek Armstrong said. "We had no idea this award was in the works. We were surprised and delighted at the recognition, and credit most of our success to our authors."

Victoria Sutherland explained the rationale for this important award: "The convergence in the industry led to the independent press community, where interesting and extraordinary moments still happen because creativity and provocativeness are allowed to flourish without beaucratic overhead. We felt those publishers should be recognized for their vitality and entrepreneurialism in spite of overwhelming odds not to get involved in the business. And who better to recognize them than the magazine created to cover them exclusively?"

Kunati has been called "a publisher to watch" by Booklist and "impressive" by Publishers Weekly for innovative marketing, stunning book covers, daring online initiatives and very provocative and controversial titles. "We hope the Independent Publisher of the Year award will inspire other innovative small presses to take on debut authors, fight for good memoirs and fiction, and challenge readers with provocative non-fiction," said Armstrong.

 About Kunati

Kunati Books has been described as "a publisher to watch" by ALA's Booklist and "what a publisher looks like if the marketing department runs things" by Quill and Quire. It is now the Independent Publisher of the Year 2007 Recipient from ForeWord Magazine. With nearly one hundred authors signed, a Pulitzer Prize-winner, and movie deals for books, Kunati is a major force in independent publishing.

Kunati, a traditional royalty- and advance-paying publisher, became an instant hit with its "authors-first approach." Founded by published authors, Kunati receives thousands of submissions per year. Careful selection led to critical acclaim for all published titles. Distributed internationally through Independent Publishers Group, Canadian Manda and other groups, and through all major wholesalers, Kunati quickly became popular with booksellers, and in particular the independents. Kunati is now distributed in 22 countries in English.

About Derek Armstrong

Best known for historical thrillers and mystery thrillers, Derek Armstrong is also a screenwriter, publisher and well-known marketing guru. His defining signature style was described by Booklist as "brilliance in which Armstrong blends comedy, parody, and adventure in genuinely innovative ways." Armstrong is the creator of Alban Bane, featured in the Alban Bane thrillers The Game and MADicine, a character affectionately compared by critics to House M.D., the TV character. He is the author of the popular Song of Montségur historical trilogy, including The Last Troubadour and The Last Quest.  He is also author of two non-fiction titles: Blogertize-A Leading Expert Shows How Your Blog Can Be A Money-Making Machine and The Persona Principle: How to Succeed in Business with Image-Marketing. Forthcoming in 2009 is a breakthrough Harry Potter competitor: Magick Inc.

Derek Armstrong has won many awards for advertising copywriting internationally and wrote The Persona Principle (Simon & Schuster) with co-author Kam Wai Yu, now translated into five languages.