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Women Who Kill: Profiles of Female Serial Killers (Hardcover)

by Carol Anne Davis (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Allison & Busby (2 April 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0749005351
  • ISBN-13: 978-0749005351
  • Product Dimensions: 22.3 x 14.6 x 2.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,054,823 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"'Not for the nervous but Davis' writing shows tremendous promise' Daily Telegraph 'Even darker than Rendell and Minette Walters' The Times 'Bleak and at times devastating about the evils of everyday life...Recommended' Time Out"

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Why does a young woman lure teenagers into her car then participate in their horrific rape and torture? What makes a nurse lethally inject the healthy babies in her care? Women, statistically, aren't a violent breed...but the female of the species can be just as deadly as the male. From the mass poisoner to the sexual sadist, from profit killings to crimes committed just for twisted thrills, Carol Anne Davis sets out to explore the dark and disturbing world of the female serial killer. In depth analysis of individual cases, including new information from the priest who heard Myra Hindley's confession, provides an invaluable insight into the psychology behind these atrocities.

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5.0 out of 5 stars This is an awesome work, profiling female serial killers., 16 Dec 2001
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I don't know what I expected when I opened the covers of this book, but what I discovered was an incredible work profiling female serial killers though the ages.

There are thirteen serial killers profiled starting with Anna Marie Zwanziger born in Nuremberg in 1760 and ending with Karla Homolka born 1970. In between we have Jeanne Weber, who killed her own children and it seems as many of her friends children as she could get her hands on, Genene Jones who qualified with basic nursing skills, gained employment in a hospital and attempted the murder of several children in her care, not thankfully killing all of them. Martha Ann Johnson, who also killed her own children, Charlene Gallego, who was a shy quiet child with a talent for the violin, but who eventually lured teenage virgins to their death. Judith Neelley, who committed armed robbery at age 16, Catherine Birnie, who had seven children, and yet assisted her husband in his quest for young sex slaves, Gwen Graham & Catherine Wood, Carol Bundy, Aileen Wuornos and the more familiar names of Myra Hindley and Rose West.

Before reading this book, I though that Myra Hindley was possibly the most evil woman that I had come across, but not so by a long way. This work was an eye opener.

Not only does the author present the reader with these profiles, but the book goes further, classifying female serial killers and then presenting theories about why women kill.

This is an awesome work that delves into the darkest recesses of the abused female, as it appears most of these women were, and provides a macabre account of their journey's through life.
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Lizzie Hayes.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A well-researched and insightful book, 26 Nov 2001
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As a fan of Carol Anne Davis's realistic crime fiction it came as no surprise that she is able to take the reader inside the world of a number of notorious female serial killers. Well researched, but also full of insights supplied by the author, this is for those who are strong enough to deal with the harrowing reality of contemporary life. Cosy crime afacionados should look elsewhere.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating But Frightening, 20 Jun 2001
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I've read books about The Yorkshire Ripper and The Hillside Stranglers and thought that only men were unrelentingly vicious - but the things some of these female serial killers did were comparable or worse. Most of them abducted girls for sexual enjoyment. Some of the victims were teenagers and others were still kids.

Each chapter starts with the killer as a child so you get to know all about her early experiences - and they aren't good ones. By the time she starts to kill you've been drawn in to her disintegrating world.

But these female serial killers treat their victims even more badly than they themselves were treated and after the deaths they sometimes mutilated the corpses. Some of the women slept and ate having put bodies in the basement or under the floor. Occasionally acquaintances of the killers suspected them but just couldn't believe women kill strangers.

I couldn't put this book down for the first few chapters because while gruesome, it's also incredibly gripping. But then I just had to stop reading for a few days because it made me see the world as such a pitiless place. The life stories of these killers and their crimes continue to haunt me. So it's not for those of a weak disposition.

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"Women Who Kill" is one of the best true crime books that i've ever read.
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This book is rather disappointing. It is very badly written and makes a lot of sweeping assumptions about things the killers "probably" did or are "likely" to have done. Read more
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