Lady Killer #4

Lady Killer #4

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Publisher: Dark Horse Comics (Single Issues)

Published: 2015-01-07

Total Pages: 26

ISBN-13:

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Josie is a happily dedicated housewife and mother in 1960s suburban Seattlebut she's keeping a secret from her family: she's also a contract killer with nerves of steel! But when the tables turn and she finds herself with a target on her own back, she looks for answers from another mysterious, deadly woman! A level of violence that can only be described as _Mad Men_'s Betty Draper meets _Dexter._�Comic Book Resources


Female Serial Killers

Female Serial Killers

Author: Peter Vronsky

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2007-08-07

Total Pages: 508

ISBN-13: 9780425213902

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In this fascinating book, Peter Vronsky exposes and investigates the phenomenon of women who kill—and the political, economic, social and sexual implications buried with each victim. How many of us are even remotely prepared to imagine our mothers, daughters, sisters or grandmothers as fiendish killers? For centuries we have been conditioned to think of serial murderers and psychopathic predators as men—with women registering low on our paranoia radar. Perhaps that’s why so many trusting husbands, lovers, family friends, and children have fallen prey to “the female monster.” From history’s earliest recorded cases of homicidal females to Irma Grese, the Nazi Beast of Belsen, from Britain’s notorious child-slayer Myra Hindley to ‘Honeymoon Killer’ Martha Beck to the sensational cult of Aileen Wournos—the first female serial killer-as-celebrity—to cult killers, homicidal missionaries, and our pop-culture fascination with the sexy femme fatale, Vronsky not only challenges our ordinary standards of good and evil but also defies our basic accepted perceptions of gender role and identity. INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS


The Little Old Lady Killer

The Little Old Lady Killer

Author: Susana Vargas Cervantes

Publisher: NYU Press

Published: 2019-08-20

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 1479876488

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The surprising true story of Mexico’s hunt, arrest, and conviction of its first female serial killer For three years, amid widespread public outrage, police in Mexico City struggled to uncover the identity of the killer responsible for the ghastly deaths of forty elderly women, many of whom had been strangled in their homes with a stethoscope by someone posing as a government nurse. When Juana Barraza Samperio, a female professional wrestler known as la Dama del Silencio (the Lady of Silence), was arrested—and eventually sentenced to 759 years in prison—for her crimes as the Mataviejitas (the little old lady killer), her case disrupted traditional narratives about gender, criminality, and victimhood in the popular and criminological imagination. Marshaling ten years of research, and one of the only interviews that Juana Barraza Samperio has given while in prison, Susana Vargas Cervantes deconstructs this uniquely provocative story. She focuses, in particular, on the complex, gendered aspects of the case, asking: Who is a killer? Barraza—with her “manly” features and strength, her career as a masked wrestler in lucha libre, and her violent crimes—is presented, here, as a study in gender deviance, a disruption of what scholars call mexicanidad, or the masculine notion of what it means to be Mexican. Cervantes also challenges our conception of victimhood—specifically, who “counts” as a victim. The Little Old Lady Killer presents a fascinating analysis of what serial killing—often considered “killing for the pleasure of killing”—represents to us.


Lady Killers

Lady Killers

Author: Joyce Robins

Publisher: Bounty Books

Published: 2011-02-01

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 9780753717448

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The Lady Killers

The Lady Killers

Author: J.R. Roberts

Publisher: Speaking Volumes

Published:

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 1612325718

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BAD THINGS HAPPEN IN THREES... Clint thought visiting his friend on peaceful Mackinac Island would be the perfect vacation. After all, what trouble could follow him to the middle of a lake? But trouble always finds the Gunsmith... And this time, it's a serial killer. There's a whole slew of suspects...the loner, the millionaire, and the entire sanitorium. But there's only one lead: The killer takes three victims a year—and they're all women. Clint and Chief Stewart are searching every inch of the island until justice is served...straight from the end of a barrel!


Lady Killer

Lady Killer

Author: Michele Jaffe

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 900

ISBN-13: 9780739425466

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"Two murderers stalk their prey --and two romances blossom in their dark shadows"--Jacket


The Little Old Lady Killer

The Little Old Lady Killer

Author: Susana Vargas Cervantes

Publisher: NYU Press

Published: 2019-08-20

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 1479853089

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The surprising true story of Mexico’s hunt, arrest, and conviction of its first female serial killer For three years, amid widespread public outrage, police in Mexico City struggled to uncover the identity of the killer responsible for the ghastly deaths of forty elderly women, many of whom had been strangled in their homes with a stethoscope by someone posing as a government nurse. When Juana Barraza Samperio, a female professional wrestler known as la Dama del Silencio (the Lady of Silence), was arrested—and eventually sentenced to 759 years in prison—for her crimes as the Mataviejitas (the little old lady killer), her case disrupted traditional narratives about gender, criminality, and victimhood in the popular and criminological imagination. Marshaling ten years of research, and one of the only interviews that Juana Barraza Samperio has given while in prison, Susana Vargas Cervantes deconstructs this uniquely provocative story. She focuses, in particular, on the complex, gendered aspects of the case, asking: Who is a killer? Barraza—with her “manly” features and strength, her career as a masked wrestler in lucha libre, and her violent crimes—is presented, here, as a study in gender deviance, a disruption of what scholars call mexicanidad, or the masculine notion of what it means to be Mexican. Cervantes also challenges our conception of victimhood—specifically, who “counts” as a victim. The Little Old Lady Killer presents a fascinating analysis of what serial killing—often considered “killing for the pleasure of killing”—represents to us.


Lady Killer

Lady Killer

Author: Michele Jaffe

Publisher: Diversion Books

Published: 2014-01-05

Total Pages: 460

ISBN-13: 1626811911

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The “sexy . . . breathtaking . . . wonderfully original” mystery in which a murderer returns from the dead—and is hell-bent on killing again (Jane Feather, New York Times–bestselling author of An Unsuitable Bride). A stridently independent woman in sixteenth-century London, Clio Thornton’s interest in solving mysteries has put her at odds with her wealthy family. But given her coterie of unorthodox friends—and her pet monkey, Toast—that is nothing new. So, when she stumbles upon a grisly murder, she’s determined to investigate, even when all of her discoveries point to an impossible killer: the Vampire of London, vanquished three years ago by Viscount Miles Loredan—her cousin’s husband-to-be. Miles finds her theories impossible to believe. But intrigued by her passion and her beauty, Miles agrees to hire her and support her investigation. What starts as a professional relationship soon becomes personal—and dangerous. Not only because Miles is betrothed to another woman—but because Clio has become the Vampire’s next target . . . For lovers of puzzling mysteries, romantic histories, or just good old-fashioned sleuthing, this is a fast, fun read from “a writer to watch” (Publishers Weekly).


Lady Killer

Lady Killer

Author: Meryl Sawyer

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2015-12-22

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 1504027248

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A serial killer targets a relationship columnist in this mesmerizing tale of romantic suspense from New York Times bestselling–author Meryl Sawyer Dubbed the “Final Call Killer” because he strangles his victims with a telephone cord, Troy Avery is waiting for his next victim to come along. He’s angry, vengeful, and unstoppable. Known as the “Love Doctor,” Jessica Crawford is the San FranciscoHerald’s popular relationship expert. Ironic, since her own love life is practically nonexistent, with the exception of a recent fling with an Adonis-like extreme surfer in Hawaii. Jessica has her own ideas about what drives the Final Call Killer to brutally strangle successful women and profiles him in her column. Hired by the Herald to cover the murders, investigative reporter Cole Rawlings isn’t broadcasting his Kauai tryst with Jessica, but he’s also not hiding his hard feelings toward her for the way she deceived him at his brother’s surfing resort. Still, with Jessica provoking a psychopath whose rage is growing, Cole believes she’ll be the next victim—unless he gets close enough to her to protect her night and day.


Lady Killer #5

Lady Killer #5

Author: Jamie S. Rich

Publisher: Dark Horse Comics (Single Issues)

Published: 2015-02-04

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13:

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Josie closes in on the truth behind who really wants to end her life as a cheerful housewife, mother, and ruthlessly skilled assassin! Who is really behind the hit? And are they closer to home than she'd like? A level of violence that can only be described as _Mad Men_'s Betty Draper meets _Dexter._�Comic Book Resources