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Tori Telfer's "Lady Killers" challenges the 1998 statement by FBI profiler Roy Hazelwood that no female serial killers exist. Through a concise compendium of fourteen real female offenders, the book examines how women have committed some of history’s most gruesome murders, revealing the complex nature of female aggression and predation.
First publish date: 2017
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Biography
Authors: Tori Telfer
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