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Lethal Ladies presents a collection of true crime biographies centered on women murderers. The book examines cases such as Grace Marks, the Victorian servant who inspired Margaret Atwood’s Alias Grace; Elizabeth Workman, a Sarnia housewife who turned on her abusive husband and faced tragic consequences; and Evelyn Dick, the celebrated 1940s party girl whose crime continues to intrigue Hamiltonians. Through these accounts the reader sees how fear, anger, passion and greed contributed to each woman’s path to murder.
First publish date: 2011
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Biography
Authors: Cheryl MacDonald
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