'The Female of the Species is More Deadly than the Male.'
In this book, true crime historian Brian Lane has compiled a comprehensive collection of cases illustrating the phenomenon of the female killer.
The comparative rarity of women killers makes this collection fascinating reading for any true crime enthusiast. From over 200 individual murder cases, a pattern emerges of two main categories of deadly females: those who kill for the classic motives of greed, jealousy, lust and revenge and those for whom murder is a last resort after years of male suppression and violence.
The cases in this remarkable collection include:
- Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme, immortalised in the film 'Heavenly Creatures'
- Beverley Allitt, the nurse who killed children in her care
- Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain
- Aileen Wuornos, dubbed "America's First Female Serial Killer"
- Lizzie Borden, acquitted of the legendary Fall River Murders
