Several sensational stories from 19th Century Britain from royal scandals to controversial court cases. Great Scandals of the Victorians features a collection of true stories that shocked, outraged, angered or simply amused the Victorians in nineteenth-century Britain. Drawing on a wide variety of original material, seven disreputable stories that dominated the national newspapers for many weeks are explored, including the Great Warwickshire Scandal, a highly publicized divorce case where ...

The Victorian belief that women were the 'weaker sex' who were expected to devote themselves entirely to family life, made it almost inconceivable that they could ever be capable of committing murder. What drove a woman to murder her husband, lover or even her own child? Were they tragic, mad or just plain evil? Using various sources including court records, newspaper accounts and letters, this book explores some of the most notorious murder cases committed by seven women in nineteenth cen...

The Little Book of Tipperary is a compendium of fascinating, obscure, strange and entertaining facts about County Tipperary. Here you will find out about Tipperary's industrial past, its proud sporting heritage, its arts and culture and its famous (and occasionally infamous) men and women. Through quaint villages and bustling towns, this book takes the reader on a journey through County Tipperary and its vibrant past. A reliable reference book an...

A bundle of books #16 (THE PERFECT IMAGE), #17 (THE PERFECT VEIL), and #18 (THE PERFECT INDISCRETION) in Blake Pierce’s Jessie Hunt Psychological Suspense Mystery series! This bundle offers books sixteen, seventeen, and eighteen in one convenient audiobook. In THE PERFECT IMAGE (Book #16), in a high-end Los Angeles suburb, wealthy wives are being found dead in their luxurious homes, with seemingly no connection. As Jessie plunges deeper into their exclusive world of clubs, lunches, vacatio...

When the hostess of a decadent Malibu beach party is found dead in her home, it seems clear that a killer is stalking these parties and looking for his next victim. But as Jessie digs deeper and enters this killer’s mind, she realizes there is more than meets the eye: these murders are personal. And if she doesn’t stop him soon, another woman will be dead.“A masterpiece of thriller and mystery.”—Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re Once Gone)⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐THE PE...

A bundle of books #19 (THE PERFECT RUMOR), #20 (THE PERFECT COUPLE), and #21 (THE PERFECT MURDER) in Blake Pierce’s Jessie Hunt Psychological Suspense Mystery series! This bundle offers books nineteen, twenty, and twenty-one in one convenient audiobook. In THE PERFECT RUMOR (Book #19), a wealthy husband is found murdered at a fabulous cliffside Palos Verdes spa resort, while vacationing with his wife. Amidst the massive guest villas, couples' massages, and chef-prepared meals, Jessie reali...

A bundle of books #28 (THE PERFECT WITNESS) and #29 (THE PERFECT APPEARANCE) in Blake Pierce’s Jessie Hunt Psychological Suspense Mystery series! This bundle offers books twenty-eight and twenty-nine in one convenient audiobook. In THE PERFECT WITNESS (Book #28), when multiple women are found dead, fitting a pattern, yet there is seemingly no connection between them. Jessie knows they are hiding secrets deep in their past, and unlocking them will be the key to stopping this killer before h...

A bundle of books #25 (THE PERFECT RUSE), #26 (THE PERFECT VENEER), and #27 (THE PERFECT PEOPLE) in Blake Pierce’s Jessie Hunt Psychological Suspense Mystery series! This bundle offers books twenty-five, twenty-six, and twenty-seven in one convenient audiobook. In THE PERFECT RUSE (Book #25), when wealthy housewives are found dead in their own backyards, victims of a serial killer dubbed the “backyard killer,” Jessie must solve the case in the face of tremendous media pressure and a tickin...

When a celebrity professor at an elite college in Los Angeles is found strangled, Jessie is called in to wade through his hidden life and abundance of secrets. Many people, it seemed, had reason to want him dead. But the true killer may be the most unlikely of all.“A masterpiece of thriller and mystery. Blake Pierce did a magnificent job developing characters with a psychological side so well described that we feel inside their minds, follow their fears and cheer for their success....

A bundle of books #26 (THE PERFECT VENEER) and #27 (THE PERFECT PEOPLE) in Blake Pierce’s Jessie Hunt Psychological Suspense Mystery series! This bundle offers books twenty-six and twenty-seven in one convenient file, with over 100,000 words of reading. In THE PERFECT VENEER (Book #26), when a wealthy couple is found dead in their home’s high-tech panic room, Jessie Hunt is summoned to the crime scene. In this room designed to be safe from all harm, how has the killer managed to kill these...

A bundle of books #22 (THE PERFECT HUSBAND), #23 (THE PERFECT SCANDAL), and #24 (THE PERFECT MASK) in Blake Pierce’s Jessie Hunt Psychological Suspense Mystery series! This bundle offers books twenty-two, twenty-three, and twenty-four in one convenient audiobook. In THE PERFECT HUSBAND (Book #22), wealthy Beverly Hills couples are being found dead, with seemingly nothing to connect them other than their troubled marriages. Jessie senses a pattern, and knows this killer will strike again. B...

A bundle of books #36 (THE PERFECT CRIME) and #37 (THE PERFECT PREY) in Blake Pierce’s Jessie Hunt Psychological Suspense Mystery series! In THE PERFECT CRIME (Book #36), wealthy couples are torn apart when a killer strikes at the heart of their perfect lives, leaving one dead and one to mourn.. LAPD's finest profiler, Jessie Hunt, is on the trail of this vengeful predator, but as she closes in, will the hunter has become the hunted? In THE PERFECT PREY (Book #37), when victims turn up in ...