MURDER BY NUMBERS

Hardback. Most murderers are mere bunglers who are caught and punished for their first clumsy crime. But there are many others who, when caught at last, are found to have committed a long series of murders which had been shelved as unsolved. In this book the author sets out to study the sort of individual who is not a failure at murder but - for a time at least - a success. Features amongst others : Gilles de Rais, Mme. de Brinvilliers, Wm. Burke, Dr. Wm. Palmer, Dr.Neill Cream, G.J. Smith, Landru, Kurten, Hamilton Fish, Dr. Petiot, Haigh, Christie etc. Illus. + Appendix and Index. 224pp. 8vo. h/back. Browned edges, o/w Nr. F. in sl. frayed protected Vg. dw.