Before Scott Peterson, There Was Todd Garton
Review by Kim Cantrell
Just last week, I was ready to give up reading any of Robert Scott’s books after reading Deadfall.
Then -
Wow! Kill or Be Killed is the best of Robert Scott’s true crime books!
In this story of a skilled pathological liar Todd Jesse Garton, readers are given an indept view into the working, manipulative mind of a text book narcissist; the only type who could kill their loving, devoted wife and unborn son (8 months gestation).
A Scott Peterson, before that name was even famous.
Todd Garton used the information he obtained from movies and books to convince his friends that he was much more than he had ever been (or could have been).
Once they fall prey to his tangled web, their lives are changed forever.
Readers follow the suspenseful tale of Garton and his posse, that included: (1) Lynn Noyes, Garton’s mistress and co-conspirator in the murders; (2) Normal Daniels, the friend coerced into murder; and (3) Dale Gordon, whose only “true” crime was knowing Garton.
Because of the skillful lies and manipulations from Garton, all three of them currently pass time behind bars, hopefully awaiting parole in the future.
Yet true justice came in the form of Garton spending the remainder of his life on death row at San Quentin.
Excellent reading. Emotion and thought provoking. Kill or Be Killed is a book you want to add to your true crime reading list.
Want to read it? Then go get it!
Updates from this book:
Dale Lee Gordon has been released from prison and has since written a free eBook titled Love.
