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The husband poisoner

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Unique IDLIB-00019949Alternative titleSuburban women who killed in post-World War II SydneyDateBetween 1st January 2021 and 22nd June 2021Date qualifieryear onlyDescriptionIncludes bibliographical references.
After World War II, Sydney experienced a crime wave that was chillingly calculated. Discontent mixed with despair, greed with callous disregard. Women who had lost their wartime freedoms headed back into the kitchen with sinister intent and the household poison thallium, normally used to kill rats, was repurposed to kill husbands and other inconvenient family members. Yvonne Fletcher disposed of two husbands. Caroline Grills cheerfully poisoned her stepmother, a family friend, her brother and his wife. Unlike arsenic or cyanide, thallium is colourless, odourless and tasteless; victims were misdiagnosed as insane malingerers or ill due to other reasons. And once one death was attributed to natural causes, it was all too easy for an aggrieved woman to kill again. This is the story of a series of murders that struck at the very heart of domestic life. It's the tale of women who looked for deadly solutions to what they saw as impossible situations. Copyright ownerTanya BrethertonLanguageEnglish (eng)AuthorTanya BrethertonIllustrationsNot illustratedPublisherHachette AustraliaPlace of publicationSydney, NSW

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FormatPublication - BookDigitised recordNoBorn digital itemNo

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Number of pages311

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Dimensions (picklist)Other - see Dimensions noteDimensions (free text)24 x 16 cm

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Subject tagsMariticideHusbands - DeathPoisoningWomen murderersPublic access statusOpen to public accessPublic access noteNon-circulating

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Dewey decimal numberSRC 364.1523 BRETISBN/ISSN9780733642456

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The husband poisoner