The girls of Murder City
Subtitle: fame, lust, and the beautiful killers who inspired Chicago
By: Douglas Perry.
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780670021970
Subjects: Women murderers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Case studies; Murder -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A grand object lesson; title: The variable feminine mechanism; title: One-gun duel; title: Hang me? That's a joke; title: No sweetheart in the world is worth killing; title: The kind of gal who never could be true; title: A modern Salome; title: Her mind works vagrantly; title: Jail school; title: The love-foiled girl; title: It's terrible, but it's better; title: What fooled everybody; title: A modest little housewife; title: Anne, you have killed me; title: Beautiful? But not dumb!; title: The tides of hell; title: Hatproof, sexproof, and damp; title: A grand and gorgeous show; title: Entirely too vile; title: The most monotonous city on earth.