CRIMES OF PASSION

Hardback. Love, jealousy, revenge, obsession and despair. Men and women have been moved to kill, cheat or steal for many reasons, mostly discreditable, but there is one reason that can evoke some sympathy in the mind of the observer. That is when the mind has become obsessed, even deranged, with passion based on love. Many, many cases featured which include : Ruth Ellis, Snyder/Gray, Thompson/Bywaters, Adleaide Bartlett, Hall/Mills, Thaw/White, Rattenbury/Stoner, Elvira Barney, Cheryl Crane, Mme. Fahmy, Duke de Choiseul-Praslin, Thalia Massie, Maria Marten/Wm. Corder, Starr Faithfull + much more. Profusely Illus. + Index. 160pp. 4to. Pictorial glazed covers. F. A fairly heavy book which will require additional postage if shipped overseas.