I have to admit that I got this book for one reason only: The section about Elizabeth Bathory (I collect books with mentions of her). However, this book has far exceeded my expectations, I recieved it yesterday and have already read quite a bit of it. The encyclopedia format makes it easy to read and find information, and there are so many different people, so many different motives and stories, it's really an interesting read. Chilling, but interesting. ( )

This book is laid out in true dictionary or encyclopedia format and gives quite a bit of detail on hundreds of killers. It also has an appendix for solo killers, team killers and unsolved cases providing a snippet of info on the killer's and / or victim's name, gender, race, DOB, and method of death. A very thorough and fact filled book. ( )