Fatal Passions

A collection of "crimes passionels", this book charts the dark paths down which love - and hate - can lead people. There is Walburga Oesterreich, who kept her lover in a secret attic for years until he shot her husband dead. There is also Madame Fahmy, who murdered her depraved Egyptian husband.
 
A collection of "crimes passionels", this book charts the dark paths down which love - and hate - can lead people. There is Walburga Oesterreich, who kept her lover in a secret attic for years until he shot her husband dead. There is also Madame Fahmy, who murdered her depraved Egyptian husband.