THE CHEATERS : The Walter Scott Murder

Softcover. His 1966 hit single "The Cheaters" was more than a song - it was his life - and, ultimately, his death. Who were "The Cheaters"? Why was one victim bludgeoned to death, the other shot in the back and dumped in a cistern? This riveting true-crime account focuses on the motivating factors of lust, greed, and cheating, which triggered two grisly murders in 1983: Walter Scott, the singer of the national hit song "The Cheaters" and Sharon Williams, the spouse of Scott's wife's lover. Real-life characters unfold through strong psychological profiles. The pages recreate Scott's struggle to attain stardom, sexual passion, events leading to the murders, a frustrating police investigation, the exhumation of Sharon Williams' corpse, and the gruesome discovery of Scott's body in a cistern. A faltering justice system and years of legal manoeuvrings, countered by the persistent efforts of Scott's elderly parents to seek retribution, grip the reader to the last page. Illus. + Epilogue. 254pp. trade size softcover. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Nr. F. with no creasing to covers.