The Mammoth Book of Women Who Kill

The Mammoth Book of Women Who Kill
Author: Richard Glyn Jones
Publisher: C & R Crime
Total Pages: 510
Release: 2011-09-01
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 1780333676

From the Florida roadside prostitute and first convicted serial killer Aileen Wuornos to the Empress poisoner of ancient Rome, this is the biggest collection of the world's most dangerous women newly revised and expanded, including: Ruth Snyder, the last woman in the US to go to the electric chair; the English multiple murderess who chopped up the bodies of children and scattered them from a plane; Rosemary West - unsuspecting dupe or cold-blooded killer; the mother who hired a killer to eliminate her daughter-in-law; Lizzie Borden - separating fact from fiction; Myra Hindley - Britain's most infamous murderess.

The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance

The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance
Author: Trisha Telep
Publisher: Robinson
Total Pages: 655
Release: 2009-06-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1849011796

You never forget your first time with a vampire. Whether reaquainting yourself with some of your favourite, sexy creatures of the night or getting bitten by the vampire romance phenomenon for the very first time, let the biggest and brightest names in the business help you explore your dark side. Witness the bewildering array of complex vampire codes of conduct, dark ritual and dating practices as they chat up the locals and engage in the most erotic encounters you will sink your teeth into this side of un-Death. Because vampires never really die, do they?

The Mammoth Book of Murder

The Mammoth Book of Murder
Author: Jim Fisher
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 496
Release: 2014-03-13
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 9781495973444

THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF MURDER: TRUE STORIES OF VIOLENT DEATH contains 200 gripping accounts of homicide, criminal investigation, forensic science, criminology, and courtroom drama by veteran true crime writer Jim Fisher. The collection features murder-for-hire, arson murder, historic and celebrated murders, junk science, strange cause and manner of death cases, women who kill, the drug addled and the insane, serial murder, and more!

Murder Among the OWLS

Murder Among the OWLS
Author: Bill Crider
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2007-01-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1466823801

It was the cat who "told" Sheriff Dan Rhodes that something was wrong. It ran into the house when he opened the door. His wife, Ivy, recognized the cat as belonging to their neighbor and told Dan to go check on the widow—Helen Harris never let the cat out of the house. When Dan finds Helen's body on her kitchen floor, there is nothing to indicate that her death wasn't an accident. But Ivy's words ring in his head. Why was the cat out? Helen had been active in a number of women's groups, one of which was the OWLS, the Older Women's Literary Society. She and some other women would also venture out with digging tools to look for ancient booty in the lands around the town. They didn't usually find much, but every now and then someone would dig up a coin or a piece of jewelry with potential. Could this have been the reason for Helen's death? The investigation becomes more complicated as Rhodes learns that she actually had a number of suitors. Also, a news-hungry reporter who smells a juicy story gives Rhodes more trouble. This is the fourteenth book in which Bill Crider has wowed readers with the extraordinary adventures of his Sheriff Dan Rhodes. Add a cast of vibrant characters, including wise-cracking deputies and the slightly wacky local citizens in Rhodes's bailiwick, and every book in this series is a wonderful treat.

The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits

The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits
Author: Mike Ashley
Publisher: C & R Crime
Total Pages: 619
Release: 2011-09-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1780333609

Mike Ashley's brilliant new collection of whodunnits presents stories that reflect all the excitement, escapism and eccentricity of the 1920s. The Roaring Twenties, the Jazz Age, the Age of Wonderful Nonsense - this was a decade when everyone went a little bit crazy. It was also a decade that saw wonderful detective fiction from the likes of Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham and others. Contributions range from Cornell Woolrich's story of murder at a jazz party set aboard a steamboat on the Mississippi, to Grenville Robbins's impossible homicide committed on the radio, live on air, and Mat Coward's tale of death at a house party hosting the inaugural meeting of the British Communist Party.

Legends, Monsters, or Serial Murderers?

Legends, Monsters, or Serial Murderers?
Author: Dirk C. Gibson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2012-02-14
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

Covering figures ranging from Catherine Monvoisin to Vlad the Impaler, and describing murders committed in ancient aristocracies to those attributed to vampires, witches, and werewolves, this book documents the historic reality of serial murder. The majority of serial murder studies support the consensus that serial murder is essentially an American crime—a flawed assumption, as the United States has existed for less than 250 years. What is far more likely is that the perverse urge to repeatedly and intentionally kill has existed throughout human history, and that a substantial percentage of serial murders throughout ancient times, the middle ages, and the pre-modern era were attributed to imaginative surrogate explanations: dragons, demons, vampires, werewolves, and witches. Legends, Monsters, or Serial Murderers? The Real Story Behind an Ancient Crime dispels the interrelated misconceptions that serial murder is an American crime and a relatively recent phenomenon, making the novel argument that serial murder is a historic reality—an unrecognized fact in ancient times. Noted serial murderers such as the Roman Locuta (The Poisoner); Gilles De Rais of France, a prolific serial killer of children; Andres Bichel of Bavaria; and Chinese aristocratic serial killer T'zu-Hsi are spotlighted. This book provides a unique perspective that integrates supernatural interpretations of serial killing with the history of true crime, reanimating mythic entities of horror stories and presenting them as real criminals.

The Mammoth Book of SAS and Special Forces

The Mammoth Book of SAS and Special Forces
Author: Jon E. Lewis
Publisher: Robinson
Total Pages: 539
Release: 2012-03-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1780337345

Here are thirty true and graphic accounts of the most heroic SAS and special-forces missions ever undertaken into the most dangerous place of all - behind enemy lines. Bang up to date, this unputdownable collection includes the most recent operations into Iraq in 2003, Afghanistan and Bosnia, and features the entire range of special forces from SAS, Commandos and Rangers to Navy SEALS and Paratroopers. Also included are several accounts that lift the veil - clandestine 'eyes-only' operations of ultimate danger, such as 1 SAS's attempted assassination of Rommel and 22 SAS's 'claret' raids into Indonesia in 1964. Each account is introduced by a mini-essay illustrating fascinating pieces of special-forces hardware, kit or training, such as SAS Evasion and Rescue training, the Accuracy International L96A1 sniper rifle and US Special Forces selection.

The Mammoth Book of Science Fiction

The Mammoth Book of Science Fiction
Author: Mike Ashley
Publisher: Mammoth
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2013-11-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1472114868

The art of writing great science fiction is that it challenges the imagination, pushing it to extreme limits and in this anthology, selecting some of the best modern science fiction from the last fifty years, twenty leading authors of the genre ask the question 'What if...?' and then give their own very personal views of the changes and surprises which may befall humanity in the centuries to come. In Ulla, Ulla Eric Brown recounts the first manned Martian expedition and discovers that H. G. Wells may have been right after all. In The Infinite Assassin Greg Egan polices the dimensions, seeking those who are taking over their alternate selves. Geoffrey A. Landis takes us into the depths of a black hole in Approaching Perimelasma. Is the ultimate Utopia heaven or hell? Robert Sheckley finds out in the classic A Ticket to Tranai. These and other stories by James White, Eric Frank Russell, Robert Reed, H. Beam Piper and H. Chandler Elliot make this one of the most entertaining and thought-provoking science fiction anthologies in lightyears.

The Mammoth Book of Insults

The Mammoth Book of Insults
Author: Geoff Tibballs
Publisher: Robinson
Total Pages: 739
Release: 2011-08-04
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 178033267X

Never be stuck for a wicked line again! - the ultimate collection of insults Here is the biggest and best ever collection of insults and sharp retorts for when you just wish you could have thought of something faster. Editor Geoff Tibballs presents more than 5,000 come-backs, put-downs, snaps, insults, unadmiring quips and quotes, for every occasion. From the most elegant of studied insults to the wickedest of putdowns, from the language of the street to the literary, political, and entertainment worlds, from playground insults to sports, family and marriage jibes - here is every possible barb you could ever need, guaranteed to crack up all those around you. As an outsider, what do you think of the human race? Your mother's so fat, she has her own area code. Are your parents siblings? Anyone who told you to be yourself couldn't have given you worse advice. Is there no beginning to your talents? You'd be out of your depth in a puddle. Don't you need a licence to be that ugly? I'd like to see things from your point of view but I can't get my head that far up my arse. I'd love to go out with you but I have to worm my dog.

The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 2003

The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 2003
Author: Stephen Jones
Publisher: Robinson
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2012-03-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1780337167

The finest exponents of horror fiction writing today, Neil Gaiman, China Mieville, Ramsey Campbell, Kim Newman, Graham Joyce, Paul McCauley, Stephen Gallagher, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Basil Cooper, Glen Hirshberg, Jay Russell, feature in the world's premier annual horror anthology series, another bumper showcase devoted exclusively to excellence in macabre fiction. To accompany the very best in short stories and novellas is the year's most comprehensive horror overview and contacts listing as well as a fascinating necrology.