Lady killers : deadly women throughout history / Tori Telfer ; [illustrations by Dame Darcy].
"In 1998, an FBI profiler infamously declared in a homicide conference, "There are no female serial killers"--but Lady Killers offers fourteen creepy examples to the contrary."--page 4 of cover
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062433732
- ISBN: 0062433733
- Physical Description: xvi, 316, 15 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Harper Perennial, c2017.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes interview, Q &A and other extra material. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-316). |
Formatted Contents Note: | The elusive population -- The blood countess: Erzsébet Báthory -- The giggling grandma: Nannie Doss -- The worst woman on earth: Lizzie Halliday -- Devil in the shape of a saint: Elizabeth Ridgeway -- Vipers: Raya and Sakina -- The wretched woman: Mary Ann Cotton -- The tormentor: Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova -- Iceberg Anna: Anna Marie Hahn -- The nightingale: Oum-El-Hassen -- High priestess of the Bluebeard clique: Tillie Klimek -- Sorceress of Kilkenny: Alice Kyteler -- Beautiful throat cutter: Kate Bender -- The angel makers of Nagyrév -- Queen of poisoners: Marie-Madeleine, the Marquise de Brinvilliers. |
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Subject: | Serial murderers. Women serial murderers. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Erlanger Branch | 364.15232 T271L 2017 (Text) | 33126020066720 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Independence Branch | 364.15232 T271L 2017 (Text) | 33126020066712 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |