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To Die For: The Shocking True Story of Serial Killer Dana Sue Gray
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 364.15230979497
EAN: 9780312974169
ISBN: 0312974167
Label: St. Martin's True Crime
Manufacturer: St. Martin's True Crime
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: September 15, 2000
Publisher: St. Martin's True Crime
Release Date: October 31, 2006
Studio: St. Martin's True Crime
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Editorial Review:
Impeccably dressed, meticulously neat, Dana Sue Gray spared no expense on herself. Dropping thousands of dollars on a shopping binge or a luxurious day spa was nothing out of the ordinary for Dana-nor for many wealthy women. But Dana wasn't wealthy-she was an unemployed nurse. She was also a serial murderess, who preyed upon elderly women, violently killed them, then used their credit cards to embark on wild, post-murder spending sprees.Women serial killers are rare-there are only 36 documented cases-and those, like Dana Sue Gray, who murder so brutally that veteran police officers are shaken by the bloodiness of the crime scene, are even rarer. Now, in an exposé as shocking and fascinating as its subject matter, author Kathy Braidhill explores the stunning story of Dana Sue Gray, one of the most dangerous, deadly, and disturbed women in history.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Poorly Written
If you are a reader of Ann Rule's and/or Kathryn Casey's books, this one will be a huge disappointment. The story of Dana Sue Gray is interesting. How an extreme need to shop would motivate this young woman to kill elderly women, is fascinating. But the writer does a poor job in explaining most of the questions one has about a female serial killer.
The books starts very slowly and is so redundant. The author goes over the same material several times, and jumps around in the story ... Read More
Rating:  - Writing is not to die for...
The quality of the writing is average, though the story/case is interesting. That is perhaps my biggest gripe. The word choice, the description, etc., are not as strong and captivating as that of other authors (Edna Buchanan, Ann Rule, M. William Phelps, etc.) The book is still worth reading though, and sheds inside into the police handling and media coverage of a female serial killer vs. a male one...
Rating: - Substandard St. Martin's Publishing... What Else is New?
In the hands of a better author, the story of a brutal female serial killer with a heart of black evil might have been a very interesting read; however, this True Crime novel was nothing "to die for."
Dana Sue Gray viciously murdered 3 elderly women in one month and attempted to murder a fourth, who lived to identify her. Although the murderess later claimed periods of amnesia and an overwhelming sense of depersonalization during and after the murders, Dana Sue Gray was able to deftly ... Read More
Rating: - Interesting and bizarre - could be better.
Braidhill's book is filled with interesting tidbits about Dana's life and terrible crimes, and it flows fairly well. I learned a lot about police interrogations too! But there are places where it could be better. I noticed LOTS of errors that should have been caught by an editor, but its still pretty good all-in-all. I only gave it 3 stars because its just not a page-turner, although I DID finish it so it couldn't be all that bad! Great for a distraction and to learn about serial killer's BIZARRE minds.
Rating:  - Very good read
Very good book, though in the end you still wonder what the real motives of this Dana Gray were for those appaling killings of elderly women. Is she a total psychopat? If so, you don't get that conclusion out of this book.
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