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Couples Who Kill

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Scottish true-crime writer Carol Anne Davis (who blogs at the outstanding In Cold Blog) released this collection of profiles of deviant duos in the UK in 2005. Three years later, this chilling collection is available to U.S. readers in a paperback printing. Davis discusses the most famous UK serial murder couples -- the moors murders and the case of Fred and Rosemary West - plus over a dozen more murdering couples from around the globe. She pays special attention to her subjects' childhoods, cataloging the physical and sexual abuse that is so common in their backgrounds.

Carol Anne Davis organizes her crime profiles by type -- couples who kill together vs. couples in which one partner is exonerated vs. homosexual couples, and so on. She does the headline-grabbing cases well, and introduces the reader to a number of other lesser-known (but no less fascinating) serial murderers. Her essays are complete criminal profiles, including the detective work required to take these criminals down. Highly recommended for true crime fans.

COUPLES WHO KILL: PROFILES OF DEVIANT DUOS is a chilling study of what drives attractive male cousins to rape and kill ten young women, why an altar girl and her boyfriend torture their victims, and more. These killers make up only twenty percent of murderers, but often are serial killers and responsible for terrible murders. Thirteen case studies are examined in a study which combines research with interviews with experts and surviving victims to make for eye-opening revelations about couples who kill together.