From the vicious killers of the 19th century to the roadside prostitute and first female serial killer, this is a collection of the true stories behind famous murderesses. It examines cases from around the world, including: Ruth Snyder, the last woman to die in the electric chair; the Australian teenagers who killed one of their mothers after a row; the English multiple-murderess who chopped up children's bodies and scattered them from a plane; the French maids who killed their mistress, and the mother who hired a killer to murder her daughter-in-law. It is the sequel to the "Mammoth Book of True Crime" and the "Mammoth Book of True Murder".