TWENTY BRISTOL MURDERS. Crimes of passion and greed that shocked and scandalised the city

Softcover. The author includes crimes of passion and jealousy - the story of 18yr old Eliza Balsum who was hounded to death by a teenager younger than herself. Crimes of avarice - George Joseph Smith who married bigamously, then murdered his wives for their money. Motiveless crimes - the bodies of 3 small children found in 1812 and no one knew why they had been killed. And crimes that remain unsolved to this very day - who was the mystery man seen talking to animal-lover Gertrude O'Leary only hours before her badly beaten body was discovered? He was never traced and the murderer never caught. Illus. 71pp. softcover. From the library of true-crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Sl. sunned o/w Nr. F. with no creasing to covers.