WOMAN AND CRIME

Hardback. The author attempts to present an adequare and faithful account of the part women actually play in crime. It was possibly the first time a work had been devoted exclusively to the female criminal. Contents include : Part One - Woman As A Criminal; Part Two - The Organisers of Crime (the poisoners, murder by violence, the baby-farmers, Euphrasie Mercier, the vitriol throwers, the financial defrauders); Part Three - The Aiders and Abettors (the Stauntons, Mrs McLachlan, Mme Muravoiva, Mme Guerin etc.). Illus. + Index. 306pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Fr. and back hinge beginning to show, marked and soiled covers, browned edges. G+