THE HARLOT KILLER

Paperback, 1st US p/b edn. From the files of contemporary London newspapers and the later writings of crime specialists, the author selected the most notable first-hand evidence and considered opinion of this 'greatest' of murder mysteries. In his Intro', Barnard describes something of the motivation for all murder, and especially anger between the sexes. 13ss. whose contributors include : Alan Hynd, Donald Henderson, William Sansom, Anthony Boucher, Richard Barker, Kay Rogers, Thomas Burke, Thedora Benson, Mrs. Marie Belloc Lowndes, Edwin M. Borchard, Edmund Pearson, Robert Bloch. Of the 13ss contained in this anthology, 9 are fictional. Cover illus. by Bill George. Has the usual lightly browned pp., minimal creasing to covers. Vg+