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A true-crime collection culled from the crime files of the New York Times best-selling series, Notorious USA.

In 1865 France, a mere youth devises a way to fame and fortune through murder and mayhem. Thomas Hyland, connoisseur of crime, student of violence, and teller of murders tells another true story of crime set in France during the reign of Louis Napoleon. It concerns a missing family and several freshly opened graves.  

A surprisingly good story of a truly amazing rogue of old England. Maria has just come home from a party dressed to kill. She’s come home to discover a robber, the famous John Shepherd, who removes Maria’s earrings slowly and also her rings. She was face to face with John Shepherd and for the rest of her life, she’d have something to talk about.... 

The 13 killings-by-poison revisited in this book were committed by some of the most infamous murderers in British and American history. Presenting infamous cases from 1857-1972, Adrian Vincent recounts their sinister tales and reveals the lure of money, lust, and deviancy that drove them to pure evil.