This riveting true-crime focuses on the motivating factors of lust, greed, and cheating, which triggered the murder of Walter Scott, the singer of the national hit song "The Cheater." The pages recreate Scott's struggle to attain stardom, sexual passion, the gruesome discovery of Scott's body in a cistern, and years of legal maneuvers in a faltering justice system.
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A quick-paced, engrossing work for readers of the true-crime genre. -- Henry Berry - The Small Press Book Review
It's a brisk, fascinating read. -- Dave Hoekstra - columnist for The Chicago Sun Times
Priesmeyer wrote an excellent story. Great reading! -- Michael McDonald - Singer, songwriter, and former member of the Dooby Brothers
Scottie Priesmeyer's The Cheaters is a true-crime book about Walter Scott, the singer of the 1966 national hit song, "The Cheater". The Cheaters is a riveting psychological account focusing on the motivation factors which led Scott to being hog-tied, shot in the back, and dumped in a cistern for over three years before his body was discovered. The Cheaters takes the reader from the "innocent" 50s to a highly charged trial scene in the early 1990s. Priesmeyer's research has revealed real-life personalities behind the newspaper accounts. Scott's passion for singing dominated his life and he allowed no one to override this goal. People who knew the ultimately convicted murder, Jim Williams, described him as a congenial, generous person. Then what led Williams to be convicted of two murders (both of which he still denies committing), Scott's second wife, JoAnn, who later married Williams, also faced capital murder charges, yet served only eighteen months in a Missouri correctional facility for "hindering the prosecution". Throughout The Cheaters, the reader finds that it is the unfaltering persistence of Walter Scott's elderly parents that finally brought the case to trial. Not only do strong psychological profiles penetrate each page, but also themes of greed, lust, and cheating unveil the motivating factors which sparked two grisly murders. The Cheaters holds within its pages a gripping true-life mystery that is easy to pick up, and hard to put down. --Midwest Book Review
It's a brisk, fascinating read. -- Dave Hoekstra - columnist for The Chicago Sun Times
Priesmeyer wrote an excellent story. Great reading! -- Michael McDonald - Singer, songwriter, and former member of the Dooby Brothers
Scottie Priesmeyer's The Cheaters is a true-crime book about Walter Scott, the singer of the 1966 national hit song, "The Cheater". The Cheaters is a riveting psychological account focusing on the motivation factors which led Scott to being hog-tied, shot in the back, and dumped in a cistern for over three years before his body was discovered. The Cheaters takes the reader from the "innocent" 50s to a highly charged trial scene in the early 1990s. Priesmeyer's research has revealed real-life personalities behind the newspaper accounts. Scott's passion for singing dominated his life and he allowed no one to override this goal. People who knew the ultimately convicted murder, Jim Williams, described him as a congenial, generous person. Then what led Williams to be convicted of two murders (both of which he still denies committing), Scott's second wife, JoAnn, who later married Williams, also faced capital murder charges, yet served only eighteen months in a Missouri correctional facility for "hindering the prosecution". Throughout The Cheaters, the reader finds that it is the unfaltering persistence of Walter Scott's elderly parents that finally brought the case to trial. Not only do strong psychological profiles penetrate each page, but also themes of greed, lust, and cheating unveil the motivating factors which sparked two grisly murders. The Cheaters holds within its pages a gripping true-life mystery that is easy to pick up, and hard to put down. --Midwest Book Review
About the Author
Scottie Priesmeyer has won awards for her poetry and short fiction, and has written several books and a screenplay. She teaches college literature and writing classes in the St. Louis metropolitan area. When she's not teaching or writing, she enjoys long brisk walks, mountain hiking, reading, and gardening.
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I enjoyed this book very much. It combines celebrity biography with murder mystery. It was very well written and captured the characters well. Walter Scott as lead singer with the band Bob Kuban and the In Men had a big hit in the 1960's with a song called "The Cheater". It is ironic that his hit was about a no good cheating man who ends up alone and broken hearted, because in real life Walter Scott had affairs that not only ruined his marriages but cost him his life. Its a good read for most baby boomers.
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Priesmeyer's careful rendering of the tale that ultimately ended Scott's life and career is an engaging read, even for those of us who do not regularly choose true-crime books. If it is true that there are really only ten stories and that we tell them over and over again--then this is the story of crime not paying, and it is told well.Reading Priesmeyer's detailed depictions of those she interviewed, one has the suspicion that she'd rather be writing poems, but that this story came her way and she was compelled to tell it. And tell it she does. Dick Clark has said that music is the soundtrack of our lives, and for those of us who came of age during Scott's heyday, it is impossible to read this book without the song playing, haunting the pages.
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A fast-paced read on a lengthy course to justice.,
By janinewalker@hotmail.com (St. Charles, MO) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Cheaters: The Walter Scott Murder (Paperback)
Scottie Priesmeyer's true crime on the Walter Scott murder reads like a novel but with the added impact of reality. She thoroughly researched all aspects of the case and presents the facts clearly, so the reader may draw his or her own conclusion about the verdict. The question of why it took so long to come to trial is answered by the numerous errors and omissions committed by the investigators. Due to the tenacity of Scott's parents, the case was finally tried three years after the murder was committed. An excellent first literary accomplishment.
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