I've always found true crime fascinating but prefer those with an historical base not more modern than the 1960s so this book was perfect. I picked this book up in a secondhand bookstore for £2 which was a bargain. It is A4 size and in newspaper column style with many photos, news front pages and illustrations setting out the cases and each gets around 5/6 pages of coverage. It breathes new life into more familiar tales such as Ruth Ellis, the Red Barn murder, Florence Maybrick and those I was less familiar with and in different geographical locations but all with the common theme of crimes of passion.

If you are a true crime buff then I would highly recommend this absorbing book which clearly details the background of the salient figures, the crime, trial, the various theories surrounding events and the ultimate verdict.