CRIME STRANGER THAN FICTION

Hardback. A collection of 11 true crime stories in which the settings are world-wide and the crimes varied. A German deserter from the French Foreign Legion posed a problem for the police of Marseilles, while the killing of a pair of missionaries in Canada's frozen north, and the eating of their livers, took more than 2yrs to solve and became one of the outstanding achievements of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. In a very different climate, the case of a savage Puerto Rican outlaw resulted in a hunt to the death, while another in New York ended in a pursuit across the globe and an appeal to the President of France. Several crimes are set in Britain, the Scottish murder making criminal history and the 2 murders in England each serving the cause of justice in its own unique way. Featuring : Reginald Ivor Hinks; John Joseph Uckele and Stanley Matysek; Charles Ponzi; Patrick Higgins; Dieter Butz; Sinnisiak and Uluksuk; Correa Cotto; Mourey, Camilleri, Diaset and Bagnoli; Dr Celestin Rinchard; Robert Dale Segee; Albert Probert and Frederick William Parker. 160pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Sl. slanted sp. o/w Vg+ in Vg+ pcdw.