Cat S. (catscritch) reviewed on 4/21/2011 + 158 more book reviews

Although I knew the story of Burke and Hare, I had no real understanding of the dynamics that made such crimes possible. R. Michael Gordon gives the facts of why, how and who clear and comprehensible (if not reprehensible). Sprinkled with actual newspaper reports and trial transcripts, you want to pick up a pitchfork and join the townspeople seeking justice anew.

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