The Thrill of Evil

Stock Code:
BAB3808
Price:
$30.00

Description

The Thrill of Evil. H. Ashton-Wolfe's true crime stories. 'Features amongst others : Dr. Bougrat, who abruptly reverted to savagery; the Oriental, Hanoi Shan, whose diseased mind and body made him a fearsome, cunning creature; the six-toed Voodoo Priest who delighted in the most complex tortures plus Chang Foo Lee, the case of the Tattooed Men, the "Happy Death", the Bessarabo mystery + much more. (from the book's front cover): "'THE LIGHTS, FOR GOD'S SAKE, THE LIGHTS,' someone yelled. At the same moment I found the switch and saw the man Janos lying on the ground with a dagger in his breast and his face streaked with blood. Oh, it was horrible, horrible..." Thus Madame Lafargue concluded her testimony in the strange murder of the Seance Room. Canette, the medium, and the seven others who had been locked in that room when Janos was stabbed could add nothing to her statement. And yet the bloody finger prints across the dead man' white shirt-front belonged to non of them. Bertillon discovered that they corresponded with those of a certain convict named Marinetti, but Marinetti had been buried on Devil's Island years before." (early true crime)'.

Details

  • Author:
    Ashton-Wolfe, H.
  • Book Condition:
    Good
  • Publisher:
    Hurst & Blackett Ltd
  • Edition:
    Second
  • Jacket Condition:
    None
  • Binding:
    Hard Cover- Red Cloth Boards
  • Location:
    CC1
  • Size:
    8vo
  • Pages:
    285
  • Publish Date:
    1928
Stock Level:
1 In Stock
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