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A review by heroineinabook
Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History by Tori Telfer
5.0
As Tefler says in the conclusion of the book, when you hear about female serial killers, it's one of two responses: laughter or disbelief. Women can't really kill, can they? And if so, why?
Female serial killers do exist, despite what the FBI has to say, and they are just as deadly as men.
Some of these answers are found within LADY KILLERS. Women killed for love, revenge, ownership of their lives, and sometimes they were just plain evil and cruel. Tefler takes us on a very brief jaunt through history and countries showcasing over a dozen women through the ages and attempts to tease out the whys and wherefores of why these women killed.
Tofler points out that stats are nebulous for female serial killers since they are not treated like their male counterparts. She left out some other juicy stories because the facts were thin or the stories could not be verified other than by folk tales and scattered histories. She does point out that the likely hood of being killed by a female serial killer is 1:90,000,000. I think we'll be okay.
LADY KILLERS is wonderfully written, easy and accessible, without being heavy handed. Highly recommend.
Female serial killers do exist, despite what the FBI has to say, and they are just as deadly as men.
Some of these answers are found within LADY KILLERS. Women killed for love, revenge, ownership of their lives, and sometimes they were just plain evil and cruel. Tefler takes us on a very brief jaunt through history and countries showcasing over a dozen women through the ages and attempts to tease out the whys and wherefores of why these women killed.
Tofler points out that stats are nebulous for female serial killers since they are not treated like their male counterparts. She left out some other juicy stories because the facts were thin or the stories could not be verified other than by folk tales and scattered histories. She does point out that the likely hood of being killed by a female serial killer is 1:90,000,000. I think we'll be okay.
LADY KILLERS is wonderfully written, easy and accessible, without being heavy handed. Highly recommend.