Kathryn McMaster (Livres)

Kathryn McMaster Livres

Cette auteure plonge dans les sombres recoins de l'esprit humain, explorant le 'pourquoi' derrière les actes criminels plutôt que le 'comment'. Ses récits de true crime, mélangeant faits et fiction, transportent les lecteurs à travers les époques, soulignant les lacunes des pratiques policières rudimentaires et des sciences forensiques qui permettaient aux coupables d'échapper à la justice. S'appuyant sur une profonde compréhension de la psychologie et du profilage criminel, elle analyse chaque cas avec un œil attentif aux motivations et aux comportements. Cette fascination pour le crime et la psyché criminelle alimente ses explorations captivantes des aspects les plus complexes et troublants de la nature humaine.

Blackmail, Sex and Lies: A True Crime Victorian Murder Mystery

200pages
7 heures de lecture

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Blackmail, Sex and Lies is a story of deception, scandal, and fractured traditional Victorian social values. It is the tale of a naïve, young woman caught up in a whirlwind romance with an older man. However, both have personality flaws that result in poor choices, and which leads to a tragic end. For 160 years, people have believed Madeleine Smith to have been guilty of murder. But was she? Could she have been innocent after all? This Victorian murder mystery, based on a true story, takes place in Glasgow, Scotland, 1857. It explores the disastrous romance between the vivacious socialite, Madeleine Hamilton Smith, and her working class lover, Pierre Emile L’Angelier. After a two-year torrid, and forbidden relationship with L’Angelier, that takes place against her parents' wishes, the situation changes dramatically when William Minnoch enters the scene. This new man in Madeleine’s life is handsome, rich, and of her social class. He is also a man of whom her family approve. Sadly, insane jealous rages and threats of blackmail are suddenly silenced by an untimely death. Written in British English, in the creative nonfiction style, this Scottish Noir will be enjoyed by those who enjoy Victorian murder mysteries, unsolved crimes, or fictionalised accounts of true crime. See the author’s bestselling debut novel, “Who Killed Little Johnny Gill?” - another Victorian whodunit based on a real crime.