Author: Rowland, John,
Title: Prisoner in the Dock: 12 studies in poisoning.
Description: London, Arco, 1960. VG in G DJ. Murder by poisoning suggests studied premeditation & cold calculation exetending in some cases over months, even years. Yet capital punishment has been abolished for those who kill by poison & retained for those who have used firearms. Rowland selects 12 different cases of poisoning & present 12 poisoners to show the strange & puzzling mind of this type of killer. In each case a different chemical was used & the choice is revealing in the analysis of each murder. DJ edge wear, tanned section on endpapers.

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