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Author
Publisher
Pen & Sword History
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
The Victorian belief that women were the ‘weaker sex’ who were expected to devote themselves entirely to family life, made it almost inconceivable that they could ever be capable of committing murder. What drove a woman to murder her husband, lover or even her own child? Were they tragic, mad or just plain evil? Using various sources including court records, newspaper accounts and letters, this book explores some of the most notorious murder
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Series
Nancy Drew mystery stories volume 13
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
c1936
Language
English
Description
Nancy Drew determines if an ivory elephant charm really protects its wearer from harm when she investigates the involvement of a member of the Bengleton Wild-Animal Show in a mysterious scheme.
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
"Jean-Luc Bannalec's internationally bestselling series starring Commissaire Georges Dupin returns with Death of a Master Chef. Commissaire Georges Dupin is certain these first beautiful summer days in June would be perfect for a fun trip to Saint-Malo. In a region known as the culinary heart of Brittany, the paradoxical city is known for being a uniquely Breton, yet un-Breton, place. Their cuisine's motto is voyages et aventures. Travel and adventure....
Author
Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Follows the story of eleven black men who were bailed out of jail, forced into slavery on a Georgia farm in 1921, and eventually murdered, and the trials of the white plantation owner and the black overseer, based on the FBI's notes.
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Crime
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
In this first narrative history of Polly Bodine, the first American woman put on trial for capital murder from 1844-1846, a constitutional lawyer and crime historian shows how dueling trial lawyers, ruthless newsmen and shameless hucksters turned her casein America's formative tabloid trial.
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