She nodded at a tray set with a flowered tea towel and a china vase with a single rose in it . “ Where on earth did you get that rose ? ” ' It was a brilliant red , perhaps a bit past full bloom , but still lovely .
The story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman hanged in England, is explored along with more familiar, modern cases, such as those of O. J. Simpson and Lorena Bobbitt.
Many crimes are motivated by passion, and are not merely versions of the eternal triangle, the killing for lust or love. ASnger, frustration, greed, resentment and despair all play their part.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high...
Love and passion can sometimes turn otherwise sane individuals into plotters and murderers. The strength of feeling when love is refused or jealousy strikes can fog the mind and heighten...
The motives and actions of over 100 murderers who committed notorious crimes of passion are revealed in this book.
Crimes of Passion: Dramas of Private Life in Nineteenth-century France
This electrifying collection explores the thin and terrifying line between danger and passion, lust and evil, by following an unfaithful husband who plays the ultimate game of seduction, a gorgeous...
Reports of various crimes committed by individuals driven to the limits of endurance by uncontrollable feelings.
Invites readers to unravel some of the most tantalizing cases drawn from actual police files.
Jealousy, revenge, and lust are the oldest motives for murder. When passions run high, spurned lovers can act without thought. Crimes of Passion chronicles over 80 cases in which the heart ruled the head with fatal consequences.
This concise volume is a great introduction to the Marquis de Sade's ambitious oeuvre. The Marquis de Sade is the most infamous writer of French literature due to his lascivious tales ahead of their times in themes, descriptions, and ideas.
Crimes of Passion
Joyce Carol Oates, Lawrence Block, Ramsey Campbell, and others blur the lines between terror and temptation in fourteen hedonistic tales of horror. Crimes of Passion, ninth in the award–winning Hot...
When passions run high, spurned lovers can act without a thought for the consequence. Crimes of Passion chronicles over 60 emotionally charged cases in which the heart ruled the head, invariably with fatal consequence.
Originally published in 1800, Crimes of Passion contained eleven stories and an essay on the novel. The present book contains three abridged tales.