Eye of Evil (St. Martin's True Crime Library) [Paperback]

Joseph Harrington (Author), Robert Burger (Author)

Book Description

Series: St. Martin's True Crime Library | Publication Date: December 1993

The arrest of survivalist Leonard Lake for shoplifting leads police to a fortified bunker in Northern California, where he and Charles Chitat Ng allegedly imprisoned their victims, used them for forced labor, raped, and killed them, often videotaping the events.

Product Details

• Paperback: 306 pages
• Publisher: St Martins Mass Market Paper (December 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312951752
• ISBN-13: 978-0312951757
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,590,071 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My sister was Sheryl Okoro, one of the uncharged decedents, June 3, 1999

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[e-mail] (Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eye of Evil (St. Martin's True Crime Library) (Paperback)

Just as David Bond explained, I was also very surprised on the amount of information the authors had since even family members were "left in the dark". We found out that in 1995 the State of California had 95% identified the remains of my sister Sheryl Lynn Okoro but did not receive that news or her remains until after the trial started in November of 1999. And only then did we find out from a reporter who had been sitting in on the trial! She was finally brought home and laid to rest in December 1999, 14 years after her death. The book answered alot of the questions our family had and it shed some light on the monsters who took the lives of our loved ones. Once I started reading I could not put it down. Very engrossing. My heart extends to all families who have yet to endure our nightmare.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good quick informative read but could have been much more, April 16, 1999

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The Management (Lake Forest, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eye of Evil (St. Martin's True Crime Library) (Paperback)

Good, engrossing read on the events surrounding the capture of Leonard Lake and Charles Ng, and the discovery of the house of horrors of the Wilseyville Ranch. The book is well laid out and easy to follow and for that I give it high marks. However, I found it lacking in any true background information on Lake and Ng. There's no insight as to who they were, just what they did. Part of the reason I read such novels as this is to find out what happened to shape people into the beasts they become. There was none of that here. Also, the character of Tomasina Boyd Clancy, the reporter and the only fictional character in the book, just rubbed me the wrong way. Maybe it was because I knew she didn't exist, and knowing that the authors discription of her being a knock out red head, and the unusual name made it all so obvious. She completely unnecessary and her thoughts during the hearings at the end just got in the way of the otherwise riviting speech of the lawyers. Finally, I was somewhat surprised in the Author's Note at the end the calls for the retirement of the Death Penalty not because it was inhumane, but because the fight to avoid it by the accused usually ends up in a long and costly trial. While the points certainly have their validity, reading them at the end of such a tale is almost unbelieveable. I had to reread the last paragraph several times to make sure I had read what I had read. And for those final points I had to mark down this book.

My sympathies go out to Mr. Bond and his family. I hope they can rest a little easier knowing that Ng has finally gone to trial.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Accurate and chilling, April 9, 1999

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[e-mail] (Rancho Cordova, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eye of Evil (St. Martin's True Crime Library) (Paperback)

The jury just found Ng guilty on 11 counts of murder and are now hearing evidence for the penalty phase -- death or life without parole -- this is in response to prior reviewer's request for more current info. I prepared transcripts for the court reporter during four years Ng was in Calaveras County, and it is chilling to read the case in this format -- adds the drama that is not always evident from a transcript. Publisher needs to reprint, especially since it is back as front-page news and the saga of the appeals is about to start.