Dangerous Attraction [Mass Market Paperback]

Robert Scott (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 7, 2006

When tattooed skinhead Justin Merriman raped and murdered his girlfriend in 1992, that act sparked a six-year spree of rape and terrorism of his victims. Captured and convicted in 1998, Merriman was sentenced to die by lethal injection in California. photos. Original.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 255 pages
• Publisher: Pinnacle (February 7, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786015144
• ISBN-13: 978-0786015146
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,121,655 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enlightening, February 17, 2004

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This is an unusual true crime story -- it takes the reader inside of gangs, including prison gangs. This story is about a young woman who was raised in a decent home with a good family, but for some reason decided to get involved with a guy in prison who was also a gang member. After he got out, she tried to cut ties with him. She wound up dead, and the killing was so senseless. The loser who killed her still lived with his mother, who covered up the crime and wound up going to jail herself as a result. This book is very easy to read, it's not that long, and it is a good story that I wish every high school kid would read. It does not put "the wild side" in a very good light.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent very disturbing -- this guy is a true monster., August 24, 2006

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Blue1965 "Blue1965" - See all my reviews

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I thought this book was great so good that I will be looking up more books from this author.I have read alot of these kinds of books and at a certain point in the story they start saying the same thing over and over but in different words,not this author.I found it so interesting and was pulled in that I re-read some pages over a couple of times because I found this guy to be a true monster, it's also the way this guy Robert Scott writes,I'm scared to know that there are people out there in the world like this ,your put in the story into the pages with these people into there life.How sad for this girl's family,if you like books like true crime & murder than you will really like this one.I have never been interested in the neo nazi gangs before, if not for the writing being so good I would of put it down on the first page, instead I stayed up and read it and couldn't put it down until I new the ending, if justice was going to be served or not.I recommend this book and will be getting more books by Robert Scott and hope they are just as good.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very interesting read, May 9, 2005

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Dan "Longsword" (USA, Florida) - See all my reviews

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How far will a mother go to protect her adult son from a murder charge? Sometimes, pretty far, as is revealed in the book Dangerous Attraction, by Robert Scott.

Twenty year old Katrina Montgomery was a lovely and warm young woman who was also a very beloved member of her family. None of her family is sure why she began to hang out with the lethal street gang in Ventura, CA. called the Skin Head Dogs. It appears that Katrina felt some sort of thrill involved with "taking a walk on the wild side."

Katrina befriended a member of the gang, the tattooed and drug abusing Justin Merriman, who himself was also twenty years of age and was doing time for the assault of a correction's officer. Katrina and Justin spent much time writing letters back and forth to each other until the day that Justin's time had been served and he was released.

Justin came out of prison with the impression that Katrina was his girlfriend, but that is not the way that she saw it. At a gang party on Thanksgiving of 1992, Katrina proceeded to get herself quite intoxicated and ended up at Justin's family home along with two other of the gang members. In Justin's bedroom, she was taken and raped by Justin right in front of his buddies. He then stabbed her in the neck with a knife, beat her over the head with a heavy wrench, then finally cut her throat. Her body was never found.

It was not until six years later, when he was stopped for a bike riding violation by police and ran, that he was caught.....and even that was after a wild chase and a harrowing seven hour standoff.

So, where does Justin's mother fit in?

Beverlee Sue Merriman had her own ways. She did everything within her powers to protect her son, no matter what the consequences were to her. She made sure to keep in close contact with Justin's other skinhead gang buddies, to ensure that no one would "talk." She ended up doing her son more harm than she would ever imagine.

This case had grown cold by the time the police had finally gathered enough evidence to bring Justin to trial, where the jury concluded that he was to die by lethal injection at San Quentin Prison in California.

This is a very well written true crime book. Robert Scott, also the author of Rope Burns and Like Father, Like Son, has done an excellent job of laying out this story which occurs over an eight year time span. Fans of true crime will find this story of murder, along with all of the terrorizing used to keep the gang members silent, to be a very interesting read.