CRIMES AND VICTIMS

Hardback. An astonishing compendium of crimes that range from the bizarre to the horrific and from the heart breaking to the hilarious. In five sections it includes some of history's most infamous criminals and tells in vivid detail the story of the lives they led, the crimes they committed and the destruction and sorrow they left in their wake. A gripping portrait of the darker side of life which feeds on the weaknesses, passions, greed and madness that rage through the world. Section 1 : Murder Most Foul (Crippen, Bamber, Boston Strangler, Seddon, Haigh, Heath, Oakes, Snyder & Grey, Neilson); Section 2: Crimes of Horror (Constanzo, Sutcliffe, Christie, Kurten, Gein, Heidnik, Kemper, Nilsen, Perera); Section 3: Crimes of Passion (Ellis, Fahmy, Thaw, Rattenbury, Maybrick, Thompson, Caillaux, Chevalier, Bogle/Chandler, Sheppard); Section 4: Organized Crime (The Krays, Capone, Great Train Robbery, Brink's-Mat, Suarez, Khun Sa, Guinness Scandal, Marks, De Lorean); Section 5: Crooks and Conmen (Humbert, Castro, Lustig, Domela, Musica, Haitana, Irving, de Hory, Kujau). Profusely Illus. 4to. h/back. F. pictorial glazed covers in Vg+ dw. A heavy book which will require additional postage.