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Dorothy Sayers called William Roughead "the best showman who ever stood before the door of the chamber of horrors," and in Classic Crimes he combines his professional expertise as a lawyer with his interest as a criminologist to discuss the true crimes of Katherine Ogilvie, Deacon Brodie, Burke & Hare, Madeleine Smith, Constance and several others.
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3 editions- Other · English · 2000New York Review of Books · 560 pages · 9780940322462
- Other · English · 1977Vintage Books · 449 pages · 9780394716480
- Other · English · 1975Hyperion Press · 449 pages · 9780883551981
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