Rendell, Ruth. A sight for sore eyes. New York: Dell Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-440-23544-8.

Summary: A sad but sensible young woman, who as a child witnessed her mother's murder and has subsequently been overprotected and constrained by her stepmother, encounters a psychopathic fantasist of an artistic bent, who falls in love with her and frees her from her stepmother's apron strings. Fortunately for her, the psychopath's perfectionism ultimately catches up with him.