An utterly beguiling read about one of the most controversial and complicated matters in human nature: murder.
Kate Morgan, a lawyer, has researched murder and the laws around murder in British history to within an inch of its life. It is so well-written as to feel slightly novelesque in that each case that Morgan shares with us-cases that have shaped the very letter of the law in Great Britain-is dealt with so well as to share only the facts of each and not turn it in to what in fiction can often just be a plot device.
Non-Fiction is difficult to rate as one uses these books to gain knowledge from another: another whom should have a greater understanding of the topic and yet do not always. Kate Morgan's credentials speak for themselves, and her manner of writing conveys this even more.
All of the examples cases felt relevant, whether they were particularly gruesome, vile, morbid or perhaps understandable and none of them ever felt like they'd be specifically chosen by Morgan to create any kind of shock or brutality within the piece.
Kate Morgan, a lawyer, has researched murder and the laws around murder in British history to within an inch of its life. It is so well-written as to feel slightly novelesque in that each case that Morgan shares with us-cases that have shaped the very letter of the law in Great Britain-is dealt with so well as to share only the facts of each and not turn it in to what in fiction can often just be a plot device.
Non-Fiction is difficult to rate as one uses these books to gain knowledge from another: another whom should have a greater understanding of the topic and yet do not always. Kate Morgan's credentials speak for themselves, and her manner of writing conveys this even more.
All of the examples cases felt relevant, whether they were particularly gruesome, vile, morbid or perhaps understandable and none of them ever felt like they'd be specifically chosen by Morgan to create any kind of shock or brutality within the piece.