Author: Patricia Pearson
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
While national crime rates have recently fallen, crimes committed by women have risen 200 percent, yet we continue to transform female violence into victimhood by citing PMS, battered wife syndrome, and postpartum depression as sources of women?s actions. When She Was Bad convincingly overturns these perceptions by telling the stories of such women as Karla Faye Tucker, who was recently executed for having killed two people with a pickax; Dorothea Puente, who murdered several elderly tenants in her boarding house; and Aileen Wuornos, a Florida woman who shot seven men. Patricia Pearson marshals a vast amount of research and statistical support from criminologists, anthropologists, psychiatrists, and sociologists, and includes many revealing interviews with dozens of men and women in the criminal justice system who have firsthand experience with violent women. When She Was Bad is a fearless and superbly written call to reframe our ideas about female violence and, by extension, female power.
When She was Bad
Author: Patricia Pearson
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
While national crime rates have recently fallen, crimes committed by women have risen 200 percent, yet we continue to transform female violence into victimhood by citing PMS, battered wife syndrome, and postpartum depression as sources of women?s actions. When She Was Bad convincingly overturns these perceptions by telling the stories of such women as Karla Faye Tucker, who was recently executed for having killed two people with a pickax; Dorothea Puente, who murdered several elderly tenants in her boarding house; and Aileen Wuornos, a Florida woman who shot seven men. Patricia Pearson marshals a vast amount of research and statistical support from criminologists, anthropologists, psychiatrists, and sociologists, and includes many revealing interviews with dozens of men and women in the criminal justice system who have firsthand experience with violent women. When She Was Bad is a fearless and superbly written call to reframe our ideas about female violence and, by extension, female power.
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
While national crime rates have recently fallen, crimes committed by women have risen 200 percent, yet we continue to transform female violence into victimhood by citing PMS, battered wife syndrome, and postpartum depression as sources of women?s actions. When She Was Bad convincingly overturns these perceptions by telling the stories of such women as Karla Faye Tucker, who was recently executed for having killed two people with a pickax; Dorothea Puente, who murdered several elderly tenants in her boarding house; and Aileen Wuornos, a Florida woman who shot seven men. Patricia Pearson marshals a vast amount of research and statistical support from criminologists, anthropologists, psychiatrists, and sociologists, and includes many revealing interviews with dozens of men and women in the criminal justice system who have firsthand experience with violent women. When She Was Bad is a fearless and superbly written call to reframe our ideas about female violence and, by extension, female power.
When She Was Bad
Author: Tammy Cohen
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473509599
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
________ 'A fresh, clever psychological thriller. I loved it!' CLARE MACKINTOSH You see the people you work with every day. But what can't you see? ________ Amira, Sarah, Paula, Ewan and Charlie have worked together for years. They know how each one likes their coffee, whose love life is a mess, whose children keep them up at night...But their comfortable routine life is suddenly shattered when an aggressive new boss walks in. Now, there's something chilling in the air. Who secretly hates everyone? Who is tortured by their past? Who is capable of murder? ________ 'Ingeniously sharp thriller, set in an office' HEAT MAGAZINE, 5 * ' Tammy Cohen is rapidly becoming one of my favourite authors' EMMA KAVANAGH 'Psychological thrillers don't get much better than this!' C L TAYLOR 'Truly terrifying' RUTH WARE 'A thriller with startling twists and a kick to the finish' Sunday Mirror 'This was so gripping!' Red Magazine 'Unsettling, tense and utterly unputdownable' Woman & Home 'Will keep you guessing right until the end' i magazine ________ THRILLER OF THE MONTH, Good Housekeeping ***OUT NOW Tammy Cohen's latest suspenseful and gripping thriller: STOP AT NOTHING***
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473509599
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
________ 'A fresh, clever psychological thriller. I loved it!' CLARE MACKINTOSH You see the people you work with every day. But what can't you see? ________ Amira, Sarah, Paula, Ewan and Charlie have worked together for years. They know how each one likes their coffee, whose love life is a mess, whose children keep them up at night...But their comfortable routine life is suddenly shattered when an aggressive new boss walks in. Now, there's something chilling in the air. Who secretly hates everyone? Who is tortured by their past? Who is capable of murder? ________ 'Ingeniously sharp thriller, set in an office' HEAT MAGAZINE, 5 * ' Tammy Cohen is rapidly becoming one of my favourite authors' EMMA KAVANAGH 'Psychological thrillers don't get much better than this!' C L TAYLOR 'Truly terrifying' RUTH WARE 'A thriller with startling twists and a kick to the finish' Sunday Mirror 'This was so gripping!' Red Magazine 'Unsettling, tense and utterly unputdownable' Woman & Home 'Will keep you guessing right until the end' i magazine ________ THRILLER OF THE MONTH, Good Housekeeping ***OUT NOW Tammy Cohen's latest suspenseful and gripping thriller: STOP AT NOTHING***
When She Was Bad
Author: Jonathan Nasaw
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1471105423
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
The most terrifying novel you will read this year... Two hot young lovers who also happen to be cold-blooded killers . . . Lily deVries suffers from DVD, a psychiatric condition known as dissociative identity disorder. Triggered by a devastating childhood trauma, her mind has fragmented into different personalities known as 'alters'. There's the gentle, child-like Lily; the sexually insatiable Lilah; and Lilith - the violent psychopath. Now Lily has found herself in the Reed-Chase mental institution where they're hoping to find a cure. But there's another patient undergoing treatment at the Institute. Fellow DID sufferer Ulysses Maxwell faces life imprisonment following the rape and murder of a dozen women. When Lilith and Max - Maxwell's psychopathic alter - meet, the reaction is dynamite. And when the ingenious lovers engineer a bloody escape, it's only ex-FBI Agent Pender who has any chance of stopping the ensuing carnage. Teaming up with Dr Irene Cogan, a brilliant psychiatrist, he must take on a pair of killers who win hearts as easily as they slit throats.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1471105423
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
The most terrifying novel you will read this year... Two hot young lovers who also happen to be cold-blooded killers . . . Lily deVries suffers from DVD, a psychiatric condition known as dissociative identity disorder. Triggered by a devastating childhood trauma, her mind has fragmented into different personalities known as 'alters'. There's the gentle, child-like Lily; the sexually insatiable Lilah; and Lilith - the violent psychopath. Now Lily has found herself in the Reed-Chase mental institution where they're hoping to find a cure. But there's another patient undergoing treatment at the Institute. Fellow DID sufferer Ulysses Maxwell faces life imprisonment following the rape and murder of a dozen women. When Lilith and Max - Maxwell's psychopathic alter - meet, the reaction is dynamite. And when the ingenious lovers engineer a bloody escape, it's only ex-FBI Agent Pender who has any chance of stopping the ensuing carnage. Teaming up with Dr Irene Cogan, a brilliant psychiatrist, he must take on a pair of killers who win hearts as easily as they slit throats.
When She Was Bad
Author: Ron Faust
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 1620454394
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Christine Terry is rescued after spending 19 days in the Caribbean on a life raft, then mysteriously escapes from the hospital before she can be questioned about the wreck and disappearance of the yacht she was on—and its owners. Cynical but likable reporter Dan Stark is suspicious but obsessed, and soon finds that she is absolutely nothing that she pretends to be. He agrees to help her retrieve a fortune in stolen emeralds from the sunken boat, but when she abandons him on an empty atoll, he vows revenge. Soon, like Chantal (her real name), he learns to change himself and his appearance to fit the situations he meets in pursuit of her. After more than one dangerous engagement with her over the next several years, he discovers a much more personal reason for tracking her down to a final confrontation. . . .
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 1620454394
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Christine Terry is rescued after spending 19 days in the Caribbean on a life raft, then mysteriously escapes from the hospital before she can be questioned about the wreck and disappearance of the yacht she was on—and its owners. Cynical but likable reporter Dan Stark is suspicious but obsessed, and soon finds that she is absolutely nothing that she pretends to be. He agrees to help her retrieve a fortune in stolen emeralds from the sunken boat, but when she abandons him on an empty atoll, he vows revenge. Soon, like Chantal (her real name), he learns to change himself and his appearance to fit the situations he meets in pursuit of her. After more than one dangerous engagement with her over the next several years, he discovers a much more personal reason for tracking her down to a final confrontation. . . .
When She Was Bad
Author: Patricia Pearson
Publisher: Vintage Canada
ISBN: 0735281092
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Non-Fiction Crime Book From award-winning author and journalist Patricia Pearson, When She Was Bad questions our understanding of violent women. Why do some women murder their children? Why do others team up with men in ghoulish killing sprees? What motivates the female serial killer? When She Was Bad explores the enigmatic heart of female darkness, drawing into focus such fascinating characters as Dorothea Puente, who murdered several elderly tenants in her boarding house in Sacramento; Mary Beth Tinning, who killed eight of her children in upstate New York; Karla Homolka, who joined forces with Paul Bernardo to abduct, rape and murder school girls in southern Ontario; and Karla Faye Tucker, the born-again Christian who was executed in Texas for having killed two people with a pickax. In this provocative book, Patricia Pearson explores women's innate capacity for aggression, an idea we remain deeply uncomfortable with.
Publisher: Vintage Canada
ISBN: 0735281092
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Non-Fiction Crime Book From award-winning author and journalist Patricia Pearson, When She Was Bad questions our understanding of violent women. Why do some women murder their children? Why do others team up with men in ghoulish killing sprees? What motivates the female serial killer? When She Was Bad explores the enigmatic heart of female darkness, drawing into focus such fascinating characters as Dorothea Puente, who murdered several elderly tenants in her boarding house in Sacramento; Mary Beth Tinning, who killed eight of her children in upstate New York; Karla Homolka, who joined forces with Paul Bernardo to abduct, rape and murder school girls in southern Ontario; and Karla Faye Tucker, the born-again Christian who was executed in Texas for having killed two people with a pickax. In this provocative book, Patricia Pearson explores women's innate capacity for aggression, an idea we remain deeply uncomfortable with.
When She Was Bad...
Author: Cara Summers
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1426853122
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
She should refuse. One minute, struggling P.I. Pepper Rossi and ex-CIA agent Cole Buchanan are sharing a wild, spontaneous kiss. The next, rough-edged Cole is propositioning her to spend the next 24 hours exploring all the sensual pleasures of the tropical island they're on...with each other. She would say no, except they're in the Caribbean on a crucial case to track down a priceless stolen painting. She'll never prove her worth as a P.I. if Cole muscles in on all the action. And he promises to back off--if she promises him 24 hours to work this attraction out of their systems. Pepper knows she should turn him down. Then again, Pepper hasn't gotten this far by acting the way she's supposed to....
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1426853122
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
She should refuse. One minute, struggling P.I. Pepper Rossi and ex-CIA agent Cole Buchanan are sharing a wild, spontaneous kiss. The next, rough-edged Cole is propositioning her to spend the next 24 hours exploring all the sensual pleasures of the tropical island they're on...with each other. She would say no, except they're in the Caribbean on a crucial case to track down a priceless stolen painting. She'll never prove her worth as a P.I. if Cole muscles in on all the action. And he promises to back off--if she promises him 24 hours to work this attraction out of their systems. Pepper knows she should turn him down. Then again, Pepper hasn't gotten this far by acting the way she's supposed to....
When He Was Bad
Author: Shelly Laurenston
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 0758227272
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
A pair of shape-shifting Alpha males get their romantic comeuppance in two paranormal romances--Miss Congeniality by Shelly Laurenston, as a handsome shape-shifter rescues Professor Irene Conridge from her enemies, and Cynthia Eden's Wicked Ways, in which the hero helps gorgeous MIranda Shaw escape a killer vampire. Original.
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 0758227272
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
A pair of shape-shifting Alpha males get their romantic comeuppance in two paranormal romances--Miss Congeniality by Shelly Laurenston, as a handsome shape-shifter rescues Professor Irene Conridge from her enemies, and Cynthia Eden's Wicked Ways, in which the hero helps gorgeous MIranda Shaw escape a killer vampire. Original.
When She Was Good
Author: Philip Roth
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307788601
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Pastoral comes a funny, chilling novel set in a small town in the 1940s Midwest, featuring a young woman whose moral goodness may destroy her. "High, careful tragedy, nasty as life, and Roth emerges ... as a Dreiser who can write!" —Stanley Elkin When she was still a child, Lucy Nelson had her alcoholic failure of a father thrown in jail. Ever since then she has been trying to reform the men around her, even if that ultimately means destroying herself in the process. With his unerring portraits of Lucy and her hapless, childlike husband, Roy, Roth has created an uncompromising work of fictional realism, a vision of provincial American piety, yearning, and discontent that is at once pitiless and compassionate.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307788601
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Pastoral comes a funny, chilling novel set in a small town in the 1940s Midwest, featuring a young woman whose moral goodness may destroy her. "High, careful tragedy, nasty as life, and Roth emerges ... as a Dreiser who can write!" —Stanley Elkin When she was still a child, Lucy Nelson had her alcoholic failure of a father thrown in jail. Ever since then she has been trying to reform the men around her, even if that ultimately means destroying herself in the process. With his unerring portraits of Lucy and her hapless, childlike husband, Roy, Roth has created an uncompromising work of fictional realism, a vision of provincial American piety, yearning, and discontent that is at once pitiless and compassionate.
When She Was Bad...
Author: Louise Bagshawe
Publisher: Review
ISBN: 0755352254
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
Lita Morales knows she’s destined for great things. But with her pretty face and humble Bronx upbringing, she fast learns that if people are to take her seriously, she’s going to have to be ruthless. Trust fund princess Rebecca Lancaster already has great things. But it turns out running a country estate and the family company is a full-time job. Being rich just isn’t as easy as it looks. Two girls from two very different worlds, but Lita and Rebecca do have one thing in common: a man. So when their paths finally cross, it’s no surprise it’s hate at first sight. But when they’re both betrayed - in the most mortifying of ways - they realise their best hope for revenge might just lie with each other...
Publisher: Review
ISBN: 0755352254
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
Lita Morales knows she’s destined for great things. But with her pretty face and humble Bronx upbringing, she fast learns that if people are to take her seriously, she’s going to have to be ruthless. Trust fund princess Rebecca Lancaster already has great things. But it turns out running a country estate and the family company is a full-time job. Being rich just isn’t as easy as it looks. Two girls from two very different worlds, but Lita and Rebecca do have one thing in common: a man. So when their paths finally cross, it’s no surprise it’s hate at first sight. But when they’re both betrayed - in the most mortifying of ways - they realise their best hope for revenge might just lie with each other...
But When She Was Bad
Author: Lou Peddicord
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504024834
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
A memoir-like accounting of love, betrayal, and revenge, But When She Was Bad tells of the star-crossed meeting of a man and a woman, their marriage and divorce, and their deadly struggle for custody of a child.
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504024834
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
A memoir-like accounting of love, betrayal, and revenge, But When She Was Bad tells of the star-crossed meeting of a man and a woman, their marriage and divorce, and their deadly struggle for custody of a child.