Lethal Lovers. Horrifying True Australian Crimes of Passion

Here you’ll find many chilling true-life stories of what can happen when love goes wrong – from the mad scientist who chopped his wife into eighty pieces and flushed her down the loo, to the teenage Romeo with the murderous case of unrequited passion. Some of these crimes were driven by betrayal, jealousy, greed, revenge or sheer insanity. Some stemmed from spur-of-the-moment rages. Others were carefully planned, cold hearted-acts of violence. All show that sometimes a loved one can be the most lethal of all… Victoria Heywood’s previous book was Love Behind Bars in which she explored the hearts and minds of men and women who love someone who has ended up in jail She is a Melbourne-based author and the author of 24 adult non-fiction books.
Crimes of passion — Australia. | Criminals — Australia. | Australian
257 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, photographs, portraits ; 24 cm #0721