Case of Stephen Stanko, Myrtle Beach area. Note: this true crime book is much more engrossing and intelligent and less sensational than its title would allow. ( )

OMG this is not good. I have read just a little bit and except for the outcome I have been told everything I need to know.

Here I thought this author had written some great books. (this was based on the amount of books he had published) The one I had read of him was not so good as well which was The Burn Farm.


I do feel that with the coming of the ereaders and self published books, so many very badly written books have been published. It feels most books suck now and it is hard to find the good ones. Let's fool the paying customer to spend time on very badly written books.


(and Michael Benson was a published author before all this happened with a lot of books on his belt. What does that tell you? That quantity does not equal quality? )

Sorry I am in a mood because I do want to spend money but on a good true crime book and I am tired of having to buy old out of print books because the latest true crime books suck.

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ETA I tried another book and this was so scary I had to stop so I think I was just unlucky or I a too picky, ( )

This is another new to me True Crime author. This is also just one of those books I picked up at the library. Stephen Stanko was an ex-con and a published author. He used his status as a published author to impress people and glossed over why he went to prison. He had people convinced he was a nice guy. They are all nice guys until you find the bodies in the crawl space – sorry – wrong book.

He kept a scrapbook of serial killers, later it became apparent he was using it for ideas on how to become one himself. He was adept at using people, and once they no longer served his purpose, he disposed of them.

This book details his crimes after he was released from prison, not too much detail on his life before that and the man hunt after he assaulted his girlfriend and her daughter.

This is well-researched and written true crime account. It has detailed information but not so many details that it gets bogged down in the details. ( )