Helpful Score: 2
Great true crime book and long for the genre at almost 500 pages. Really fascinating story about burglar/killer Gary C. Evans. I really enjoyed the author, M. William Phelps, writing ability and plan to order his two other books, Perfect Poison and Lethal Guardian.
Helpful Score: 2
Good book - very strange relationship. A little repetitive in places but still a good read. "A serial killer who preyed on his closest friends - and a tough cop's relentless quest to catch him..." The criminal mind is a strange thing.
Helpful Score: 2
Great book, better then many true crime books. Well written.
Helpful Score: 2
Very good and very creepy!!!!
Helpful Score: 2
This book kept me captivated - a real page turner. I recommend this to any true crime fan.
Helpful Score: 2
The law man plays cat and mouse with the con man and like the song says, "I fought the law and the law won" You dont want to miss this one!
Helpful Score: 1
True story of a detectives, state police and the FBI working with and tracking down a serial killer. Very interesting.
Helpful Score: 1
Inside the mind of a serial killer, good read!
Book Description
CON MAN
In December 1989, in upstate New York, Gary C. Evans, 35, a master of disguise and career criminal who had befriended David "Son of Sam" Berkowitz, began weaving a web of deadly lies. Evans told a female friend that Damien Cuomo, the father of her child, had deserted her. Of that he could be certain, since hed killed Cuomo, and subsequently struck up a ten-year romance with the woman while tricking her into believing Cuomo was still alive.
LAW MAN
Evans first met New York State Police Senior Investigator James Horton in 1985, when Evans fingered Michael Falco, 26, as the brains behind their theft teamyet failed to mention that hed murdered him. Then, two local jewelry dealers were killed. In 1997 Tim Rysedorph, 39, another old friend, went missing. Was Evans responsible? Horton launched a nationwide manhunt to uncover the truth.
CON MAN
In December 1989, in upstate New York, Gary C. Evans, 35, a master of disguise and career criminal who had befriended David "Son of Sam" Berkowitz, began weaving a web of deadly lies. Evans told a female friend that Damien Cuomo, the father of her child, had deserted her. Of that he could be certain, since hed killed Cuomo, and subsequently struck up a ten-year romance with the woman while tricking her into believing Cuomo was still alive.
LAW MAN
Evans first met New York State Police Senior Investigator James Horton in 1985, when Evans fingered Michael Falco, 26, as the brains behind their theft teamyet failed to mention that hed murdered him. Then, two local jewelry dealers were killed. In 1997 Tim Rysedorph, 39, another old friend, went missing. Was Evans responsible? Horton launched a nationwide manhunt to uncover the truth.
Book was not an easy read. Author was all over the place and the story did not flow evenly .
very good book
