M.William Phelps - Every Move You Make

Available Aug 2008

M. William Phelps, Author & Journalist, at the Hale Homestead in Coventry, CT

CON MAN
In December 1989, in upstate New York, Gary C. Evans, 35, a master of disguise and career criminal who had befriended David "Son of Sam" Berkowitz, began weaving a web of deadly lies. Evans told a female friend that Damien Cuomo, the father of her child, had deserted her. Of that he could be certain, since he'd killed Cuomo, and subsequently struck up a ten-year romance with the woman while tricking her into believing Cuomo was still alive.

LAW MAN
Evans first met New York State Police Senior Investigator James Horton in 1985, when Evans fingered Michael Falco, 26, as the brains behind their theft team-yet failed to mention that he'd murdered him. Then, two local jewelry dealers were killed. In 1997 Tim Rysedorph, 39, another old friend, went missing. Was Evans responsible? Horton launched a nationwide manhunt to uncover the truth.

END GAME
For more than thirteen years, Evans and Horton maintained an odd relationship-part friendship, part manipulation-with Evans serving as a snitch while the tenacious investigator searched for the answers that would put him away. After Horton used Evans as a pawn to obtain a confession from a local killer, Evans led Horton in a final game of cat-and-mouse: a battle of wits that would culminate in the most shocking death of all … and the most surprising conclusion to any true crime story in history.

Every Move You Make by M. William Phelps (Son of Sam) Investigative journalist M. William Phelps obtained this photograph, along with two dozen letters written by Son of Sam to Gary Evans (and vice versa), from a confidential source. The letters are shocking - and reveal a layer of Son of Sam's character that has never before been written about. Phelps devotes several chapters in his latest release, EVERY MOVE YOU MAKE, to the rather bizarre relationship between Evans (student) and Son of Sam (mentor).

FROM THE AUTHOR
"While writing EVERY MOVE YOU MAKE, the story of Gary Charles Evans, I thought about this statement. Gary Evans had his own Temple of Justice for those people he saw as a threat. Indeed, there is only one emotion that can come out a temple of justice: grief. No matter whose side one is on. Grief and sorrow are always relevant.

"I interviewed dozens of people for this book about Gary Evans, and the one characteristic about Gary everyone mentioned right off the bat was his piercing blue eyes-especially the women in his life. Many told me they would get caught up immediately in the way Gary's eyes seemed to gaze at them. I believe the cover for EVERY MOVE YOU MAKE aptly depicts the evilness that Gary Evans harbored. This book was exhausting to write. Figuring out Gary's every move took me all over the Northeast, out to the Pacific Northwest, and as far south as Florida. Readers, I have this warning for you: Prepare yourselves for a read like nothing you've ever experienced in the true crime genre. You will be amazed by Gary Evans and his criminal mind, and the ending to this book will make you wonder if justice is ever fair. Thanks…"
- M. William Phelps, December, 2004

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