Della's Web

I believe that there IS such a thing as a "bad seed", someone who is BORN evil and the best parents, schools, environment in the world will not change them.Della Faye (Dante) Sutorious is living proof! She is a textbook psychopath and Aphrodite Jones has done her usual great job in taking us through her warped life.

I love true crime non-fiction! Grabbed this book in a hurry while on jury duty for a murder case no less. Absolutely loved this page turner. Della (Dante) made me cringe as I read each chapter of her man-filled life. A woman who in my mind, definately had some mental problems. Aphrodite Jones details how 'Dante' used each man in her life for her own advantage then turned on them one by one. If you life true-crime stories, this book is for you.

If you watched the NBC 1-hour long special on this story, you know that, if you had read this book, that Aphrodite Jones did a better job at unfolding the true story of Della Dante Sutorius.

This book was simply told and very readable. Broken into several chronological sections, it effortlessly reveals the 338 page story of the death of a lonely troubled surgeon -- and the life of the spider-woman chracter convicted of the planful killing in comfortably suburban Ohio. His family history places him at risk of his fate; her family history is described as unable to affect her grandiose manipulation and deceipt. Jones leaves little sympathy for the murderess, while her pretty photo in the too-short photo insert leaves the reader fascinated by her kind of evil. It is unfortunate that the Black Widow's perspective is not laid out in greater detail; her appeal is still pending. Highly recommended.

Reminiscent of the reporting style of Edna Buchanan, Ms. Jones takes a story right out of our local headlines and gives a detailed, insightful look at the "why" and "how" of the story: why was the Doctor killed and how could one person, Della Sutorious, be so evil? For an in-depth look at the life of a killer, please read this book. Highly recommended!