The Mammoth Book of Bizarre Crimes

Informationen zum Autor Robin Odell was born in Hampshire in 1935. After training as a laboratory technician and developing an interest in forensic science, he turned to crime writing as a pastime. His first book, Jack the Ripper in Fact & Fiction , published in 1965, is still regarded as an important contribution to the subject. In a writing career spanning over forty years, he has written or co-written eighteen books in the fields of true crime, forensic investigation and criminal histoy. He won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America in 1980 for The Murderers' Who's Who and again in 2007 for Ripperology . He also lectures extensively to clubs and societies on crime cases. Klappentext The truth is always stranger than fiction The truth is always stranger than fiction Zusammenfassung The truth is always stranger than fiction

Product details

• Authors: Robin Odell
• Publisher: Robinson Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.03.2010
• EAN: 9781845297817
• ISBN: 978-1-84529-781-7
• No. of pages: 496
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 196 mm x 36 mm
• Series: Mammoth Books; Mammoth Books
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; TRUE CRIME / Murder / General, TRUE CRIME / Forensics