Smooth Talker Trail of Death (Audible Audio Edition) Steve Jackson Kevin Pierce WildBlue Press Books
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One morning in July 1974, Anita Andrews, the owner and bartender at Fagiani's Cocktail Lounge in Napa, California was found dead in her bar - raped, beaten, and stabbed to death in a bloody frenzy. She'd last been seen alive the night before talking to a drifter who sat at the end of the bar, playing cards and flirting with her. But the stranger, along with Anita's Cadillac, had disappeared. Unable to locate a suspect, police investigators sadly watched the case grow cold over the years.
Meanwhile, a month after Anita's murder, young Michele Wallace was driving down a road in the mountains near Crested Butte, Colorado, when she gave two stranded motorists, Chuck Matthews and a man named Roy, a ride. Dropping Matthews off at a bar in Gunnison, she agreed to take Roy to his truck. She was never seen alive again, nor could a massive search of the mountains locate her remains. The trail leading to her killer also ran into dead-ends.
Fourteen years later, Charlotte Sauerwin, engaged to be married, met a smooth-talking man at a laundromat in Livingston Parish, Louisiana. The next evening, her body was found in the woods; she'd been raped, tortured, and her throat slashed. The police suspected her fiance, Vince LeJeune, though he proclaimed his innocence to anyone who would listen. Meanwhile, the man from the laundromat couldn't be located. The three murders would remain unsolved, eating at the hearts, minds and lives of the women's families, friends and communities.
Then in the early 1990s, a rookie Gunnison County sheriff's investigator named Kathy Young began looking into the Wallace case and identified a suspect named Roy Melanson, a serial rapist from Texas.
Smooth Talker is the story of Melanson, his depredations, and the intrepid police work that went into bringing him to justice.
Smooth Talker Trail of Death (Audible Audio Edition) Steve Jackson Kevin Pierce WildBlue Press Books
Warning- once you start this book you will not be able to put it down. I was drawn into the marvelous storytelling by Steve Jackson and couldn't stop reading till I finished. "SMOOTH TALKER" tells the story of Roy Melanson, who for decades raped and killed women all over the country The heartbreak of the families of each victim are described with great compassion and sensitivity. I felt I personally knew each person in this book. Thank God for DNA and the amazing law enforcement teams who were relentless in solving these crimes.Product details
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Smooth Talker Trail of Death (Audible Audio Edition) Steve Jackson Kevin Pierce WildBlue Press Books Reviews
This is the story of a serial killer. Roy Melanson was a violent criminal, a rapist and murderer who raped many women
and murdered at least three. He got away with the murders for 30+ years. Here is a man who spent over half his life
in prison and the rest of it committing violent crimes. If you enjoy reading about good detective work, this is a great
book for you.
Shat an excellent story telling of this true story. I went to school in Napa but I had left before the killing of the bar owner on Main Street. And, I was too young to know any of the people involved. Smooth talker made my skin crawl which is not surprising because I love Steve Jackson's writing. I know he does a lot of research to get facts, places, and circumstance straight.
Thanks to Prime, I watched all the seasons of Forensic Files and saw this author interviewed about Roy Melanson (Season 9, episode 18) and was fascinated with the tragedy of the Michele Wallace murder and cold case. I was intrigued and had to get his book. It's a page turner; I couldn't put it down! It's a well-written and compelling book. I'll get the others by Steve Jackson, too.
I heard about this book on one of my favorite podcasts, "True Murderers and the Authors who have written about them" and I am so glad I decided to read it. It is so well written and truly fascinating. This evil murderer ( the subject in the book) is probably one of the most evil men I have have encountered while reading true crime for about 30 years. He is truly a smooth talker who was able to move all over this country raping, murdering and robbing women he happened to meet. So many lives were lost, so many living victims left behind and so many families left to mourn for so many years. A fantastic read and a real eye opener to the cruelty that exists in humans.
Full disclosure I received a free copy of this book for the purpose of reviewing it.
If you are looking for a quick, good and fascinating true crime read, this is definitely a book for you.
Steve Jackson's writing style is clear and easy to follow, nothing too gory but not shying away from the reality either. When I started reading I had a hard time putting it down so I went through the book quite quickly. I wouldn't have minded if it had been just a little bit longer and if it had gone a bit deeper into the story, but I don't feel like anything major was missed or skipped over.
My only minor issue with the book is the fact that I found a number of spelling errors that could have been prevented. That being said, I do consider this a minor flaw so it didn't bother me all that much.
Anyhow, this is a good book to get if you're interested in true crime.
What a fantastic read. This book was extremely hard to put down once I started. Roy Melanson spent decades killing, raping women all over the country. He is what I call a sociopath. He was convicted of certain crimes, yet still managed to be released and continue his terror spree. It was so sad to read about the families who's lives he destroyed, and how they had to cope with their tragedies. A must read!
I really like how Mr. Jackson not only describes the rapist/killer. But how in depth his descriptions of the victims and their families are, and everything they went through. He also excellently explains all the hard work and dedication of all the various law enforcement agencies to catch this monster.
Warning- once you start this book you will not be able to put it down. I was drawn into the marvelous storytelling by Steve Jackson and couldn't stop reading till I finished. "SMOOTH TALKER" tells the story of Roy Melanson, who for decades raped and killed women all over the country The heartbreak of the families of each victim are described with great compassion and sensitivity. I felt I personally knew each person in this book. Thank God for DNA and the amazing law enforcement teams who were relentless in solving these crimes.
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