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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
An anthology of true crime across the centuries…
Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History by Tori Telfer is a collection of female murderesses drawn from around the world and treating them with the grim respect and authenticity such a subject deserves.
Outside of Countess Elizabeth Bathory and Kate of the Bloody Benders, most of these were pretty new to me…which is a plus. No one wants to read a murder book that just regurgitates what you already know.
The author has wisely drawn from a wide range of sources…to give a nice historical look at the versatile quilt that is women murderers.
The subjects are broad and across time. In addition to a healthy number of early 20th century North American killers, other subjects include a 17th century French noblewoman poisoned, a mid 19th century London baby killer, a pair of brother madams in post world war 1 Egypt, a 14th century “sorcereress” in Ireland, and a late 19th century New York arsonist…and others…
Each accompanying chapter sometimes has a reference to other similar killers…or even murderers that were active around the same time (adding context to the criminal history).
Well done…
Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History by Tori Telfer is a collection of female murderesses drawn from around the world and treating them with the grim respect and authenticity such a subject deserves.
Outside of Countess Elizabeth Bathory and Kate of the Bloody Benders, most of these were pretty new to me…which is a plus. No one wants to read a murder book that just regurgitates what you already know.
The author has wisely drawn from a wide range of sources…to give a nice historical look at the versatile quilt that is women murderers.
The subjects are broad and across time. In addition to a healthy number of early 20th century North American killers, other subjects include a 17th century French noblewoman poisoned, a mid 19th century London baby killer, a pair of brother madams in post world war 1 Egypt, a 14th century “sorcereress” in Ireland, and a late 19th century New York arsonist…and others…
Each accompanying chapter sometimes has a reference to other similar killers…or even murderers that were active around the same time (adding context to the criminal history).
Well done…
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Absolutely floored. This author somehow managed to weave together a true examination of women committing crimes and neither infatalized them or rage baited. She discussed the whole thing and her thoughts, how the stories of these women touched her, and why society views these women hyper sexually, as babies or as funny grandmas. If you're going to read any book on serial killers or murderers, and want to know how the VERY SERIOUS topic should be navigated and discussed, it's this one.
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Blood
dark
informative
sad
medium-paced
This is someone who is genuinely passionate about women’s issues and serial killers but doesn’t take herself too seriously. I enjoyed it