Repetitive Fluff
Review by Kim Cantrell
Typically, I enjoy the true crime works of Carlton Smith. But not In The Arms of Evil.
This book details the case of Nancy Jean Sweitzer Kucharski Geisendaffer Siegel, a gambling addict who committed a host of crimes including bank fraud, wire fraud, theft, and forgery to feed her habit.
And when she realized one of her victims, 75-year-old Jack Watkins, would soon disclose her secret, she killed him.
And that’s it. While a sad story, it simply isn’t enough for a book.
In the Arms of Evil is filled with worthless information such as naming the songs popular when Nancy was a teenager and at the time of her trial. I could care less and I’m sure most other readers feel the same.
And if filler isn’t enough, the repetitiveness will be sufficient to make you want pitch this book in the nearest trash can within the first 100 pages (I only finished it for the purpose of this review).
I hate giving bad reviews. As I’ve said before, there is typically something in almost every book that I can enjoy. But there is just simply nothing about In the Arms of Evil that would make me recommend it.
Carlton Smith has more talent than exhibited in this book. Hopefully next time he’ll return to the quality writing we expect from him.
