River Of Blood: Serial Killers And Their Victims by Amanda Howard; Martin Smith Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversal Publishers
ISBN-101581125186
ISBN-139781581125184
eBay Product ID (ePID)45394628
Product Key Features
Book TitleRiver of Blood : Serial Killers and Their Victims
Number of Pages372 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2004
TopicMurder / Serial Killers, General
GenreTrue Crime
AuthorMartin Smith, Amanda Howard
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight23.5 Oz
Item Length9.8 in
Item Width7.5 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
SynopsisPopular culture would have us believe that serial killers are an obvious threat to the public, a deformed creature that snarls, drools and hides in the shadows. character of Mr Hyde and more like the subdued Dr Jekyll, a human being with a family, a job, and ambitions. successful businessman and family man, but also the killer of eight women. There are also killers such as Elizabeth Bathory, the wealthy and influential Countess in Hungary who, during the sixteenth century, murdered over 600 women and girls. Australia, to give detailed biographies of serial killers from history and from across the world. River of Blood exposes the ordinariness of the serial killer, showing how the killer blends into society, successfully avoiding the stereotype assigned to the genre.