Hardback. Reprint. First pub. as 'Mystical Murders' in 1989. Sorcery, satanism and black magic rituals have given rise to some of the more unorthodox killings of 'recent times'. In a spine-chilling catalogue of macabre murders, the author, a leading crime historian, reconstructs in horrifying detail 20 of the most shocking slayings of the previous two decades. 262pp. 8vo. h/back. With large Christmas gift insc. to fpd, lightly browned edges, o/w Vg+ in Nr. F. dw.