ACCIDENTS OF MURDER Ten Cases Re-examined

Hardback. SIGNED. The act of murder is not always premeditated, and the life of many a prisoner in the dock has depended on the answer to that fateful question: 'Was it murder, or accident?' The author has reconstructed 10 fascinating cases in which accident played a part, from the case of Alec de Antiquis, shot in a West End street by gunmen fleeing from the scene of a robbery, to that of nanny Sandra Rivett, almost certainly mistaken for her employer, Lady Lucan, and beaten to death. Whether death has been caused unintentionally, or whether chance has brought together victim and perpetrator in a situation which has led to violence, the element of 'accident' adds to the horror and tragedy of sudden death, complicates the police investigation and greatly increases the responsibility of judge and jury in determining the truth. A disturbing account of some of the most remarkable murder cases of the 20th century. With Bibliog. 189pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of crime historian Jonathan Goodman, with his personal label to fep. PRESENTATION COPY FROM ROBERT CHURCH INSCRIBED AND SIGNED TO CRIME WRITER PETER COTES. Includes two loosely inserted letters, one HANDWRITTEN and one typed and SIGNED, from Robert Church to Peter Cotes. F. in Nr. F. dw.