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Deadly Greed The Riveting True Story of the Stuart Murder Case That Rocked Boston and Shocked the Nation Joe Sharkey 9780135841785 Books

Having been an avid fan of Joe Sharkey's books, ABOVE SUSPICION and DEATH SENTENCE (and having rated them both five stars), I am extremely disappointed with this latest book, DEADLY GREED: The Riveting True Story of the Stuart Murder Case. Riveting it is not.

Unfortunately, it seems as though Sharkey doesn't have enough real story material to build a book around and uses all kinds of bizarrely related material as filler. The book even starts out weird.

However, the true crime story the book is based on is interesting and perhaps could have been riveting if written differently.

Generally speaking, this author tends to include a lot of extraneous detail in his books, and he's gone over the top on this one.

For example, at 57 per cent of the way through the book, the murder has just taken place. Yet there's been little substance given to the actual storyline.

Instead, there's a lot of information on the history of Boston and applicable suburbs. Also included is a plethora of newspaper articles, quoted in their entirety, on the escalating crime rate in the city of Boston at that time, as well as background on the local newspapers themselves since their inception. Then once the murder takes place, Sharkey includes the newspaper articles about the crime. By that point the reader starts to feel mentally unhinged.

I recognize Sharkey is attempting to convey the racial tensions and escalating violence occurring in Boston during the period preceding and following the crime. Additionally, he's reflecting how the media frenzy fed the arrest of the wrong suspect. However, one or two quoted articles or a brief synopsis would have been sufficient.

Even with regard to various book characters' background information Sharkey goes back so many generations that it is easy to lose track of whose history is being discussed.

Then Sharkey presents a long, detailed background on an Afro-American man that finally becomes relevant to the story 3/4ths of the way through the book. So the reader initially gets the impression this person will perhaps end up commiting the crime, which doesn't prove to be the case.

As a frequent reader of true crime, all of the meandering storyline and surplus of meaningless information is both frustrating and irritating to wade through, and it greatly diminishes the actual true crime story. In fact, the victims of the story totally get lost in the shuffle.

Sharkey may think all that drivel made a RIVETING story, but it is mind numbing. Unfortunately, he didn't realize that in true crime books like this, "less is more," especially as it pertains to supplemental material.


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Deadly Greed The Riveting True Story of the Stuart Murder Case That Rocked Boston and Shocked the Nation Joe Sharkey 9780135841785 Books Reviews

I remember when this crime happened and I followed it closely. Therefore I knew the basics but this book tells us so much more. It goes back to the start of their lives and just gets more interesting. Such a waste of a meaningful life.
I am a big fan of true crime stories. I had seen this story on the news. It was very well written and I could hardly put it down. Charles was so into him self. Very sad for his wife that wanted a baby so badly
Where was the humanity in this brutal murder. How do a couple live in marriage without a clue portrayed by a spouse of a murderous plot. No remorse and not capable of remorse. Read this to discover the truth.
I remember when it happened and wondered about this tragic story.. will never understand how someone could do something like that. He could've had a beautiful life with a beautiful family, instead he destroyed the lives around him. Unbelievable true sad story. Why? Guess "Deadly Greed" is a fitting title.
At most there was a week between the murder and the murderers suicide ...... so this should've been a lean and mean book. It is clear the author chose to pad the book greatly. I am only 20 % through and am overwhelmed with minuaria about immigrants, great grandparents,etc.

It feeels like the author doesn't have much support from surviving family and is padding a long newspaper or magazine piece.

Carol ....Charles ....before and after marriage ...Charles machinations .... trim al of the fat and stick to the story. Rather a 100 fewer pages and telling the detail of the crime.

About to start "fast forwarding" on my
All over the place! I am 56% through this book and I am overly annoyed with the back story and beyond of each person, town, newspaper, etc in this book. It's just too much for me. Deleting this book from my kindle and moving on.....
I was 24 and working in the MA Legislature when Carol DiMaiti Stuart and her son Christopher were brutally murdered by her husband. The author is more interested in portraying a stereotyped, outdated portrait of Boston as a city with unsurmountable race and class divides even though the city and its neighborhoods were in flux due to the large influx of outsiders who moved to the Boston metro area to take advantage of the growing number of white collar jobs and the gentrification of Boston's historic, close knit neighborhoods owing to the city's so-called "Massachusetts Miracle". As a result, Boston's cultural and political fabric was changing fast this city was no longer riven by a misguided and poorly implemented court decision that forced racial integration in the city's public schools which divided the city and caused neighborhoods to retreat behind old race and class lines. Few people I know believed in Charles Stuart's innocence his unlikely story didn't mesh well with the facts of well-publicized, recent domestic violence-based murders and smacked of other lo false race-based alibis
Having been an avid fan of Joe Sharkey's books, ABOVE SUSPICION and DEATH SENTENCE (and having rated them both five stars), I am extremely disappointed with this latest book, DEADLY GREED The Riveting True Story of the Stuart Murder Case. Riveting it is not.

Unfortunately, it seems as though Sharkey doesn't have enough real story material to build a book around and uses all kinds of bizarrely related material as filler. The book even starts out weird.

However, the true crime story the book is based on is interesting and perhaps could have been riveting if written differently.

Generally speaking, this author tends to include a lot of extraneous detail in his books, and he's gone over the top on this one.

For example, at 57 per cent of the way through the book, the murder has just taken place. Yet there's been little substance given to the actual storyline.

Instead, there's a lot of information on the history of Boston and applicable suburbs. Also included is a plethora of newspaper articles, quoted in their entirety, on the escalating crime rate in the city of Boston at that time, as well as background on the local newspapers themselves since their inception. Then once the murder takes place, Sharkey includes the newspaper articles about the crime. By that point the reader starts to feel mentally unhinged.

I recognize Sharkey is attempting to convey the racial tensions and escalating violence occurring in Boston during the period preceding and following the crime. Additionally, he's reflecting how the media frenzy fed the arrest of the wrong suspect. However, one or two quoted articles or a brief synopsis would have been sufficient.

Even with regard to various book characters' background information Sharkey goes back so many generations that it is easy to lose track of whose history is being discussed.

Then Sharkey presents a long, detailed background on an Afro-American man that finally becomes relevant to the story 3/4ths of the way through the book. So the reader initially gets the impression this person will perhaps end up commiting the crime, which doesn't prove to be the case.

As a frequent reader of true crime, all of the meandering storyline and surplus of meaningless information is both frustrating and irritating to wade through, and it greatly diminishes the actual true crime story. In fact, the victims of the story totally get lost in the shuffle.

Sharkey may think all that drivel made a RIVETING story, but it is mind numbing. Unfortunately, he didn't realize that in true crime books like this, "less is more," especially as it pertains to supplemental material.