Fatal

Fatal - Paperback

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Fatal - Paperback

Fatal - Paperback

by Harold Schechter
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The shocking story of one of the most notorious female serial killers in American history from "an author who shows real mastery of the true crime genre" (NPR).

In 1891, Jane Toppan, a proper New England matron, embarked on a profession as a private nurse. Selfless and good-natured, she worked for some of Boston's most prominent families, but they had no idea what they were welcoming into their homes.

Her dark past of tragedy, abuse, and mental illness was carefully hidden. No one who knew Jane as a nurse had any idea that she was morbidly obessed with autopsies, or that she conducted her own after-hours experiments on patients, deriving sexual satisfaction in their slow, agonizing deaths from poison.

Self-schooled in the art of murder, Jane was just beginning her career as the most prolific domestic fiend of the nineteenth century.
ISBN9781439182642
Author Harold Schechter
PublisherGallery Books
GenreBiography
FormatPaperback
PublishedAugust 2009
LanguageENG- English
Pages336
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

Related Subjects

Biography & Autobiography Nonfiction True Crime

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Harold Schechter, a two-time Edgar nominee, has published more than 30 true crime titles, including five 100K+ copy bestsellers. His most recent work, Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer, just published (March 9, 2021). He has taught literature and myth criticism for more than 40 years at Queens College/CUNY and is a murderabilia collector himself.

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