MURDERS MOST STRANGE

Hardback. The author presents a number of unusual murder cases which have one feature in common - a quality of strangeness that makes each unique in the annals of international crime. Among them are cases where the "strangeness" applies to the characters themselves and even to events occurring after the actual commission of murder. The range is world-wide in scope. Contents include : Ernest Dyer (1922); Jack Graham (1955); Marcel Petiot (1946); Herbert Leonard Mills (1951); Chicago's St. Valentines Day Massacre (1929); Jean Videle (1845); Euphrasie Mercier (1886); John Lee (1884); Duncan Terig and Alexander Bain Macdonald (1749); Leopold and Loeb (1924); James Camb (1947); Anna Hoffner and Hans Greil; Otto Kayser (1889). 196pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Nr. F. in sl. sunned Vg+ dw.