Want Some Cheese to Go With That Whine
Review by Kim Cantrell
Welcome felllow true crime’ers to the review of the book that first inspired me to speak out about the books I was reading.
Be forewarned: this review is amateurish (that’s speaking kindly) and full of the obvious disgust and rage that fueled me to write it.
I’m sure that if you have read this book, or if you read this review and, like me, are an avid reader of this genre; you will understand why.
A Stranger In The Family is the worst specimen of true crime that I have ever had the misfortune of reading.
This pile of self-serving garbage, loosely referred to as a “book,” focuses not so much on the crimes of Richard Daniel “Danny” Starrett but how this serial kidnapper and rapist, one-time murderer, was treated so poorly behind bars.
And when you didn’t think it could get worse….
The second story of this book focuses on how his mother, Gerry, worked dilligently to right those wrongs.
The kidnapped, raped and murdered victims are but backdrops to this 400 page whine about the injustices suffered by the accused.
This is the first work I have read by these authors and will most certainly be my last.
Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith: Get out of the trime crime writing profession.. .leave it to the true professionals – those who understand that true crime means a story about CRIME.
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Updates on Richard Daniel (Danny) Starrett: In 2006, Danny Starrett and several other inmates attempted to escape the Lee Correctional Institute in South Carolina. However, they were captured in relatively short time, within 100 yards of the facility.
As of December 2009, Starrett is housed at South Carolina’s Kirkland Maximum Security Prison. Insider’s say that Starrett maintains a steady stream of contact with women all across the country via the internet and mail.
