If you are following my blog, there is no secret how much I like to read and write about crime stories. The best of them are a mirror of the society and its customs, the human weaknesses and strengths. A great crime story is inspired by real people and particularly their behavior. Human behavior, in general. Either a famous personality or just a simple human, we are all under the threat of making wrong choices, while submitting our reason to our impulses.
Prolific fiction and non-fiction author Mitzi Szereto features in Crimes of Famous&Infamous Criminals a more or less known gallery of great artists and personalities - among which Erszébet Báthory - authoring unspeakable crimes: from fraud to murder. Crimes do not abund necessarily among the less priviledged of our societies. Rich and famous may be succumbing to the same temptations. Some may do suffer of various mental illnesses, such as bi-polar disorder. Some may fight with personal and generational trauma.
The book is collecting stories, mostly based on media and journalistic accounts. It is written in a very easy style, packed with facts and descriptive details. At the end of the true crime tour de force, one may be left with a sour taste and disappointment, but this collection of terrible facts is also a reminder that we are all humans after all and we better keep ourselves not too close to the sun. It may burn as hell.
Rating: 3 stars
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