STRANGE CRIMES OF PASSION

Hardback. In this collection of true-crime cases, the author has turned his attention to what is undoubtedly one of the most fascinating as well as one of the most horrifying of violent deeds: the crime of passion. Yet by its very nature it is sometimes - but not always - one of the most human to understand. Each story has its own intrinsic fascination as a real-life drama that challenged social and legal opinion at the time it made headlines on the front pages of the world's Press. Contents include : Rattenbury and Stoner; Hall/Mills (USA); Eyraud/Bompard (France); Vera Renczi (Rumania); H.K. Thaw (USA); Mary E. Pearcey (1890); Mrs. E. Murray (Philipines); Dr. Senga Florence Whittingham (New Zealand 1955); Pedro Gallegos (Mexico 1932); Mme. Fahmy and Alfonso Austen-Smith. 191pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his persona b/plate. Vg+ in sl. sunned Vg. dw.