COUPLES WHO KILL: Profiles of Deviant Duos

Hardback. What drives attractive male cousins to rape and kill 10 young women? Why do an altar girl and her boyfriend lure innocent victims into their customised torture van? Couples who kill comprise only 20% of killers, but they often murder serially and are responsible for particularly inhumane deaths. Sadistic friends, psychotic sisters and an increasingly pathological mother-son team are amongst those profiled in this exploration of the world's most deviant duos. There are infamous British cases such as the Moors Murderers and the Wests as well as many equally disturbing but less well-known ones. In the third of this series, which focuses on the psychology of murderers, the author explores the formative influences of these killers and their deadly dynamics. Comprising 13 in-depth case studies and exclusive interviews with experts and one of the Wests' surviving victims, this book provides an unequalled study of this disturbing subject. Select Bibliog. + Index. 287pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true-crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. V.v. lightly sunned edges o/w Nr. F. in F. dw.