books about: murderesses     books:     Murderesses      The Trunk Murderess: Winnie Ruth Judd Jana Bommersbach Poisoned Pen Press, 2003 An Interesting Read I was completely unfamiliar with this case when I read this book. The first section is quite dry with extraneous detail (a common foible of true crime books, I admit) about Phoenix of the 1930's and I almost decided to put it down. I'm glad I didn't. Although the ...             Goodbye Lizzie Borden: The Story of the Trial of America's Most Famous Murderess (Penguin True Crime) Robert Sullivan Penguin (Non-Classics), 1990 fine analysis This is an analysis of the Borden case from a legal point of view by a former judge. The facts are well-presented and the legal insights and arguments are convincing, but the impartial reader will sense and be annoyed by the author's clear bias against Lizzie ...             Bodies of Evidence: The Shocking True Story of America's Most Chilling Serial Murderess... From Crime Scene ... Chris Anderson, Sharon McGehee St. Martin's True Crime, 1992 She Spun a Web of Deceit To the rest of the world, Judias Buenoano was the American sucess story -- a savvy businesswoman who pulled herself up from a childhood of dire poverty. To the men in her life, she was the charming seductress -- turned cold, calcuating killer who grew richer with each of their agonizing deaths. And to her child, she was ...             The Trunk Murderess: Winnie Ruth Judd Jana Bommersbach Berkley, 1994 THE TRUNK MURDERESS: WINNIE RUTH JUDD THE TRUNK MURDERESS: WINNIE RUTH JUDD,by Jana Bommersbach. Winnie Ruth Judd never stood a chance in Phoenix, Arizona for justice. I read this book and now everytime I drive by the State Mental Hospital on Van Buren Street in Phoenix, I think of all the years that ...             Dancing Cats and Neglected Murderesses Edward Gorey Workman Pub Co, 1980 A placidly homicidal terpsichorean feline romp, in two parts This surreal little volume allows one to wander through increasingly subversive snippets of two seperate(?) topics, at once both unnerving and delightful in their irreverent seriousness. The sections of the book, specified in the title, diverge in feeling as well as ...             Victorian Murderesses: A True History of Thirteen Respectable French and English Women Accused of Unspeakable ... Mary S. Hartman Robson Books, 1995 An amazing book... I picked up this book in a used book store because I had heard of one of the "murderesses", a woman called Constance Kent, from a film "Dead of Night." That's why I started the book... Little did I know that the book would be one of the most amazing things I've ever ...             Twisting in the Wind: The Murderess and the English Press Judith Knelman University of Toronto Press, 1998 Women accused of murder in nineteenth-century England got bad press. Broadsides, newspapers, and books depicted their stories in gruesome detail, often with illustrations of the crime scene, the courtroom proceedings, and the execution. This sensational coverage fed the public appetite for stories of female deviancy and punishment. Judith Knelman ...             Murderess Ink: The Better Half of the Mystery Dilys Winn Workman Pub Co, 1980 didn't age well Murderess Ink is dedidcated to women in mystery: both writers, beloved characters and types such as the nosey neighbor lady, the beautiful orphan and of course, the little old lady. It was great fun when I bought it in the 80s but it hasn't aged well. The whole thing ...             Murderess! Leslie Margolin Pinnacle, 1999 A must read. This is a must read book for all true crime novel enthusiasts. The time is the 1920's and it proves that there is "nothing new under the sun". Lust, greed, and murder for money has been around for a long time. The only difference is: These people were executed ...             Eva Coo, Murderess Niles Eggleston North Country Books, 1997 Eva Coo by Niles Eggleston It is such a pleasure to read of the New York State Police of the 30's. Also, the writing style of Niles Eggleston took me back to the days of Walter Winchell. Well documented, well written. For us upstate New Yorkers, the historical value is welcomed. Who would ...          products you might be interested in search for books courtroom, murderesses, neglected, respectable, unspeakable, victorian      geepe.com    web we recommend An amazing book... randomly chosen DVD: BBC Atlas of the Natural World - Africa/Europe (Wild Africa / Congo / The ...