Killer Women: Chilling, Dark and Gripping True Crime Stories of Women Who Kill

Killer Women are the most disturbing yet compelling of all criminals, representing the very darkest side of humanity and subverting the conventional view of women as the weaker sex. They are able to commit savage acts of cruelty and depravity, often targeting the most vulnerable in society. This book provides a forensic and gripping detail of 50 terrifying cases of killer women, including Elizabeth Bathory, Amelia Dyer, and Rosemary West.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 240 pages
Publication date: 20 September 2018
Publisher: Quercus Publishing

Killer women are the most disturbing yet compelling of all criminals, representing the very darkest side of humanity and subverting the conventional view of women as the weaker sex. From Elizabeth Bathory, The Bloody Countess, whose vampire-like tendencies terrorized sixteenth-century Hungary, to the Moors Murderer Myra Hindley and the Florida Highway Killer Aileen Wuornos, these women transfix us with their extreme ability to commit savage acts of cruelty and depravity. Most chilling is the fact that many of their victims represent the most vulnerable in society: babies, the ill and infirm, and the elderly. In some cases, their methods of disposing of the corpses fall nothing short of ingenious: meet Leonarda Cianciulli, The Soap-Maker of Correggio, who used the fat from her victims' bodies to make soap and teacakes to sell to unsuspecting customers. These killers' backgrounds, methods, and their crimes are described in forensic and gripping detail. 50 terrifying cases of killer women are brought to life, including: Elizabeth Bathory, The Bloody Countess Amelia Dyer, The Reading Baby Farmer Jane Toppan, Jolly Jane Juana Barraza, The Old Lady Killer Leonarda Cianciulli, The Soap-Maker of Correggio Bonnie Parker, Bonnie & Clyde Rosemary West Myra Hindley Aileen Wuornos

Weight: 178g
Dimension: 198 x 177 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781786489142