Murder With Malice Aforethought

How does someone decide to take the life of another human being — and to think they’re clever enough to get away with it? Is it conceit, desperation, stupidity or the product of some sort of warped or evil mindset? Real murders and real murderers tend to be more intriguing, complicated, interesting and downright weirder than fiction.

Murder with Malice Aforethought tells twenty-four such true stories. They’re set in England, New Zealand, America, Scotland and Australia, and dated from 1892 to the present day.