The_Reason_Why:_An_Anthology_of_the_Murderous_Mind

<i>The Reason Why: An Anthology of the Murderous Mind</i>

The Reason Why: An Anthology of the Murderous Mind

1995 book by Ruth Rendell

The Reason Why: An Anthology of the Murderous Mind is one of Ruth Rendell's few non-fiction works. It was first published by Jonathan Cape, London in 1995 and a US edition from Crown, New York followed in 1996.[1]

The book describes more than 100 murders organized into eight chapters according to motive.[1][2] A reviewer for Publishers Weekly criticized the book for being "too neat", saying the brief descriptions of true crimes "provide neither a serious analytical approach nor a rich imaginative one."[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "The Reason Why". Kirkus Reviews. 1 December 1995.
  2. [2]
    "The Reason Why: An Anthology of the Murderous Mind". Publishers Weekly. 4 March 1996.
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