How to Murder Your Wealthy Lovers and Get Away with It
Money & Mayhem in the Gilded Age

An entertaining book about a woman who (evidently) was able to get away with killing various husbands and paramours thanks to her beauty and charm. Plenty of research went into this project, but the writing is more gossipy than scholarly.......more

It’s written in an entertaining fashion, things like, “What do you think happened dear reader? Yeah, she killed him.” I'm paraphrasing. I half expected it to be “XOXO Gossip Girl” at times but that never happened. A little rushed towards the end, felt somewhat unfinished.......more

This is a great true crime read. It's filled with interesting snippets from newspaper articles written during the time. It's well researched, but also entertaining as the author often speaks to the reader directly to bring him/her into the story.......more

Very tongue-in-cheek at points which made it fun and I was led down so many google rabbit holes looking up names and events that it was book love.......more

Here is a True Crime story of at least three deaths of wealthy men attached to the same woman. She was tried once for murder and acquitted. She was married to two other wealthy men who died under suspicious circumstances. (She may have been, and most likely was, involved with more than these three m......more